Nicholas Dunster Hopton (born 8 October 1965) is a British diplomat who was the head of the UK embassy in Libya.

[1][2] Hopton was educated at St Peter's School, York and Magdalene College, Cambridge.

[3] He joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1989 and served in Paris, Rome and Rabat.

He worked on the national security team at the Cabinet Office and was Private Secretary to the Minister of State for Europe.

[5][6] He was appointed chargé d'affaires at the British embassy in Libya in September 2019.