Family and Education
b. 14 Feb. 1755, 3rd s. of Constantine Phipps, 1st Baron Mulgrave [I], and bro. of Hon. Edmund Phipps. educ. Eton 1767-71; M. Temple 1772. m. 20 Oct. 1795, Martha Sophia, da. of Christopher Thompson Maling of West Herrington, co. Dur., 4s. 5da. suc. bro. as 3rd Baron Mulgrave [I] 10 Oct. 1792; cr. Baron Mulgrave [GB] 13 Aug. 1794; Earl of Mulgrave [UK] 7 Sept. 1812; GCB 20 May 1820.
Offices Held
Ensign, 1 Ft. Gds. 1775, lt. and capt. 1778; maj. 85 Ft. 1779; lt.-col. 88 Ft. 1780, 45 Ft. 1782; capt. and lt.-col. 1 Ft. Gds. 1783, brevet col. 1790; col. 31 Ft. 1793 – d.; brig.-gen. and lt.-gov. Toulon 1793; maj.-gen. 1794; gov. Scarborough Castle 1796 – d.; lt.-gen. 1801, gen. 1809.
PC 6 June 1804; chancellor of duchy of Lancaster June 1804 – Jan. 1805; sec. of state for Foreign affairs Jan. 1805 – Feb. 1806; first ld. of Admiralty Apr. 1807 – May 1810; master gen. of Ordnance May 1810–1818.
Ld. lt. E. Riding, Yorks. 1807–24.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Mulgrave Castle, Yorks.
Volume
Commons 1790-1820
Web Title
PHIPPS, Hon. Henry (1755-1831)
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