Sir Richard Meade, 3rd Baronet (1697 – 26 May 1744) was an Anglo-Irish politician.
Meade was the second eldest surviving son of Sir John Meade, 1st Baronet and Hon. Elizabeth Butler. He was a graduate of Trinity College Dublin.
He sat in the Irish House of Commons as the Member of Parliament for Kinsale from 1725 until his death in 1744.
In July 1711 he succeeded to his elder brother's baronetcy. In 1736 Meade married Catherine Prittie, daughter of Henry Prittie and Elizabeth Harrison. He was succeeded in his title by his eldest son John Meade, who was raised to the Peerage of Ireland in 1766.