Philips baronets
The Baronetcy of Philips of Weston was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 21 February 1828 for George Philips MP.
Philips was the son of wealthy Manchester cotton manufacturer Thomas Philips (d 1811). In Parliament he sat as a Whig and represented Steyning 1818-1820, Wootton Basset 1820-30 and Warwickshire South 1832-35.
He was succeeded by his son. The second Baronet represented three contituencies: Steyning 1820-32, Kidderminster 1835-37 and Poole 1839-1852. He served as High Sheriff of Warwickshire in 1859. He married the daughter of the 2nd Earl of Camperdown but had no male issue and the Baronetcy was extinct on his demise.
The family seat was at Weston House, Long Compton, Shipston on Stour which the first Baronet purchased for £75000 in 1819. The house was demolished in 1934.
Philips of Weston (1828)
- Sir George Philips, 1st Baronet (1766-1847)
- Sir George Richard Philips, 2nd Baronet (1789-1874)
References
- Family records at Shakespeare Centre Library and Archive, Stratford upon Avon ref DR198
- Leigh Rayment's list of baronets
See also
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