David Polhill (1674 – 15 January 1754), of Chipstead, Kent, was an English landowner and Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1710 and 1754.
Polhill's elder brother died, leaving him in possession of his father's inheritance.
He visited Hanover, Brunswick, Zell, Austria, Geneva and Italy where he was at Padua University in 1694.
He became notable as one of the contributors to the Kentish Petition of 1701, which urged unanimity on the House of Commons and the swift vote of supplies for the army.
[1] Polhill was appointed warden of Rochester Bridge in 1716 and keeper of Walmer Castle in 1718.
[2] He died on 15 January 1754, aged 79 and is commemorated by a carved memorial in Otford Church by Sir Henry Cheere, 1st Baronet.