Sir George Philips, 2nd Baronet

Sir George Philips, 2nd Baronet (23 December 1789 – 22 February 1883) was a British Whig politician.

He was the eldest son of Sir George Philips, 1st Baronet of Sedgley, near Manchester and Weston House, near Chipping Norton, Warwickshire and was educated at Eton College (1805-08) and Trinity College, Cambridge (1808).[1] He succeeded his father as 2nd Baronet on 3 October 1847.

He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Horsham from 1818 to 1820 (while below the age of 21), for Steyning from 1820 to 1824, for Kidderminster from 1835 to 1837,[2] and for Poole from 1837 to 1852.

He was High Sheriff of Warwickshire for 1859–60.

He married the Hon. Sarah Georgina Cavendish, the daughter of Richard Cavendish, 2nd Baron Waterpark. They had two daughters, the elder of whom, Juliana, married the 2nd Earl of Camperdown and was the mother of the artist and courtier Julia, Lady Abercromby.

See also

References

  1. "Philips, George Richard (PHLS808GR)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  2. Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 165. ISBN 0-900178-26-4.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Sir Arthur Leary Piggott
Robert Hurst
Member of Parliament for Horsham
18181820
With: Robert Hurst
Succeeded by
Sir John Aubrey
Robert Hurst
Preceded by
Sir George Philips, Bt
Sir John Aubrey, Bt
Member of Parliament for Steyning
18201832
With: Lord Henry Howard-Molyneux-Howard 1820–1824
Henry Howard 1824–1826
Peter du Cane 1826–1830
Edward Blount from 1830
Constituency abolished
Preceded by
Richard Godson
Member of Parliament for Kidderminster
18351837
Succeeded by
Richard Godson
Preceded by
Charles Augustus Tulk
Hon. George Stephens Byng
Member of Parliament for Poole
18371852
With: Hon. Charles Ponsonby to 1847
George Richard Robinson 1847–1850
Henry Danby Seymour from 1850
Succeeded by
George Woodroffe Franklyn
Henry Danby Seymour
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
George Philips
Baronet
(of Weston, Warwickshire)'
1847–1883
Extinct
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