Richard Temple may refer to:
Sir Richard Temple, 3rd Baronet (1634–1697), English politician and barrister Richard Temple, 1st Viscount Cobham (1675–1749), British Army field marshal and politician, son of the above Richard Temple (Downton MP) (c. 1726–1749), English member of parliament for Downton, 1747–1749 Sir Richard Temple, 1st Baronet (1826–1902), British colonial administrator and politician Richard Temple (bass-baritone) (1847–1912), English opera singer, actor and stage director Sir Richard Carnac Temple (1850–1931), British colonial administrator and writer on India and Burma, son of Sir Richard Temple, 1st Baronet Richard Temple (novel), a novel by Patrick O'Brian
See also Richard Grenville-Temple, 2nd Earl Temple (1711–1779), British politician, grandson of Sir Richard Temple, 3rd Baronet Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Chandos (1776–1839), British landowner and politician, great-nephew of the above Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, 2nd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos (1797–1861), British landowner and politician, son of the above Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, 3rd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos (1823–1889), British landowner, politician and colonial administrator, son of the above Richard Temple West (1827–1893), Church of England priest and academic