Nicholas Philpott

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 was returned as Member of Parliament for Weobley at a by-election on 22 November 1718. Lord Coningsby undertook that the Government would pay half his expenses. In Parliament he voted with the Administration on the repeal of the Occasional Conformity and Schism Acts and on the Peerage Bill. He was returned again at the 1722 general election. He was put forward as candidate at the 1727 general election but withdrew on a compromise with the Tories. Philpott married Elizabeth before April 1727. He lost his sanity and shot himself on 6 July 1732. References 1690s births 1732 deaths Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies British MPs 1715–1722 British MPs 1722–1727 British MPs 1727–1734 British MPs 1734–1741 British MPs 1741–1747 British MPs 1747–1754 British MPs 1754–1761 Suicides by firearm in England British politicians who committed suicide