Philip Sherard, 2nd Earl of Harborough (c. 1680 – 20 July 1750), of Whissendine, Rutland, was a British landowner and Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1708 to 1710 and later succeeded to the peerage as Earl of Harborough.

In 1699, the manor of Hellewell was settled on him by his father, who died in 1701, leaving him the rest of his estates.

At the 1708 British general election, he was returned as a Whig Member of Parliament for Rutland.

At the 1722 British general election he attempted to regain his seat at Rutland, but was defeated.

They were the parents of six sons and eight daughters including:[4] Lord Harborough died at Stapleford, Leicestershire, on 20 July 1750, and was buried near Whissendine.