Background
Potter was the son of Tobias Potter of Iddesleigh, Devon and his wife Susan Osborne, daughter of Hugh Osborne of Iddesleigh.
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Career
He was baptised on 1 August 1596. He entered Lincoln"s Inn in on 10 June 1615 and was called to the bar in 1622. He became secretary to Henry Percy, 9th Earl of Northumberland and was responsible for the Earl"s estates.
He was elected Member of Parliament Plympton Erle for the Long Parliament in November 1640.
He sat until 1648 when he was excluded under Pride"s Purge. In 1661, Potter was elected Member of Parliament for Cockermouth in the Cavalier Parliament and sat until his death in 1662.
Potter died at the age of 65.
Membership
Short Parliament; Cavalier Parliament]
In April 1640, Potter was elected Member of Parliament for Berwick upon Tweed in the Short Parliament.
