Nicholas Philpot Leader (19 January 1773 – 7 February 1836) was an Irish barrister, landowner, businessman and Liberal politician.
After education at Trinity College Dublin, the King's Inn and the Middle Temple, he was called to the Irish bar in 1798.
[2] His father's estates included the coal mines of the north Cork coalfield, which Leader developed further with the help of a government loan.
An ally of Daniel O'Connell, he unsuccessfully contested the County Cork constituency at the 1812 general election as a supporter of Catholic Emancipation.
[2] At the 1830 general election, Leader's name was suggested for several seats,[2] but he was eventually nominated for Kilkenny City as a Liberal supporter of reform.