Nicholas Philpott (c. 1695–1732), of Newton, Herefordshire, was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1718 to 1727. Philpott was the eldest son of Nicholas Philpott of Hereford and Vowchurch, Herefordshire. He matriculated at Merton College, Oxford on 22 April 1714, aged 18. Philpott married Elizabeth before April 1727. He lost his sanity and shot himself on 6 July 1732.