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George Philips (other)
George Philips may refer to: * Sir George Philips, 1st Baronet (1766–1847), English Member of Parliament * Sir George Philips, 2nd Baronet (1789–1874), son of the 1st Baronet, English Member of Parliament * George Philips (cricketer) (1831–1886), English first-class cricketer See also * George Phillips (other) George Phillips may refer to: Military * George Phillips (USMC) (1926–1945), US Marine and Medal of Honor recipient * George Frederick Phillips (1862–1904), Spanish–American War Medal of Honor recipient Politics * George Phillips (Austral ... * George Philip (other) {{hndis, name= Philips, George ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir George Philips, 1st Baronet
Sir George Philips, 1st Baronet (24 March 1766 – 3 October 1847) was an English textile industrialist and politician. He was closely associated with Manchesterism and has been described as the "unofficial member for Manchester", though not formally representing it. Biography Philips came from an old Staffordshire family that had held manors there since the reign of Edward VI of England, and were seated at Heath House in the same county since the early seventeenth century, that continued to be lived in by his cousins. George's father, Thomas Philips (1728–1811) of Sedgley, Lancashire, established a cotton manufacturing company in Manchester. George attended several schools, including Stand Grammar School. He was brought up in the dissenting tradition. Towards the end of the eighteenth century he joined forces with Samuel Boddington and "Conversation" Sharp (alias Richard Sharp) to form the West India company of 'Boddington, Sharp and Philips' which was based at 15 Mark L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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). 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, 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 Julia Janet Georgiana Abercromby, Baroness Abercromby (née Haldane-Duncan; 24 January 1840 – 8 Dec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Philips (cricketer)
George Henry Philips (18 July 1831 – 22 October 1886) was an English first-class cricketer. The son of Francis Aspinall Philips, he was born in July 1831 at Ardwick, Lancashire. He was educated at Eton College, before going up to Christ Church, Oxford in 1849. While studying at Oxford, he played first-class cricket for Oxford University Cricket Club on one occasion in 1853 against the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) at Oxford. Five years later he made a second appearance in first-class cricket, this time for the MCC against Oxford University at Oxford. For Oxford University he played as a wicket-keeper, taking one catch and making one stumping, while across both matches he scored 29 runs. He inherited Abbey Cwmhir Hall in Radnorshire from his father in 1859. The following year he was appointed High Sheriff of Radnorshire and later served as both a deputy lieutenant and justice of the peace A justice of the peace (JP) is a judicial officer of a lower or ''puisne'' court, e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Phillips (other)
George Phillips may refer to: Military * George Phillips (USMC) (1926–1945), US Marine and Medal of Honor recipient * George Frederick Phillips (1862–1904), Spanish–American War Medal of Honor recipient Politics * George Phillips (Australian politician) (1843–1921), surveyor and member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly * George Lort Phillips (1811–1866), British member of parliament Religion * George Phillips (Watertown) (died 1644), seventeenth-century American religious leader and founder of Watertown, Massachusetts * George Phillips (orientalist) (1804–1892), English churchman, orientalist and mathematician * George Phillips (priest), archdeacon in the Diocese of Rupert's Land Other * George Phillips (canon lawyer) (1804–1872), German canon lawyer * George Phillips (American football) (1921–1994), American football player * George Bagster Phillips (1835–1897), London police surgeon * G. Godfrey Phillips George Godfrey Phillips CBE (7 June 1900 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |