PHILIPS, George (1766-1847), of Sedgley, nr. Manchester, Lancs.; Weston House, nr. Chipping Norton, Warws. and 111 Mount Street, Grosvenor Square, Mdx.

Family and Education

b. 24 Mar. 1766, 2nd but o. surv. s. of Thomas Philips of Sedgley and Mary, da. and h. of John Rider of Manchester. educ. Miss Heywood’s sch.; Blue Coat Hosp. Manchester; Dissenting schs. Pillington (Mr. Pope), Manchester (Mr. Ralph Harrison).Philips mems. i. 6-9. m. 16 Oct. 1788, his cos. Sarah Ann, da. of Nathaniel Philips of Hollinghurst, Lancs., 1s.; 1s. illegit.Ibid. ii. 19. suc. fa. 1811; cr. bt. 21 Feb. 1828. d. 3 Oct. 1847.

Offices Held

Lt.-col. commdt. 1st batt. 4 Manchester vol. inf. 1803.

Parlimentarian

PHILIPS, George (1766-1847), of Sedgley, nr. Manchester, Lancs.; Weston House, nr. Chipping Norton, Warws. and 111 Mount Street, Grosvenor Square, Mdx.

Main residences: Sedgley, nr. Manchester, Lancs. and Weston House, nr. Chipping Norton, Warws. and 111 Mount Street, Grosvenor Square, Mdx.

Notes

Largely based on Warws. RO MI 247, microfilm of Sir George Philips’s mems., written in two notebooks, 1845-6; typed transcript at CR 1381; location of original unknown. See also D. Brown, ’From "Cotton Lord" to Landed Aristocrat: the Rise of Sir George Philips’, HR, lxix (1996), 82-82.

Author

S.M.F.

Volume

Commons 1820-1832

Web Title

PHILIPS, George (1766-1847)

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Estates

Oxford 1644

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