Baron Milford is a title that has been created three times, once in the

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and twice in the

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. All three creations have been for members of the same family. The first creation came in the Peerage of Ireland in 1776 when Sir Richard Philipps, 7th Baronet, of Picton Castle was made Baron Milford (there was no

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). However, this title became extinct on his death in 1823, while the baronetcy was passed on to a distant relative (see the

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). The title was revived in the Peerage of the United Kingdom in 1847 when Sir Richard Philipps, 1st Baronet, of Picton Castle was created Baron Milford, of Picton Castle in the County of Pembroke. Born Richard Bulkeley Philipps Grant, he was the son of John Grant and Mary Philippa Artemisia, daughter of James Child and Mary Philippa Artemisia, daughter of Bulkeley Philipps, uncle of the first Baron of the first creation. He succeeded to the Philipps estates in 1823 and assumed the surname of Philipps the same year. In 1828 he was created a Baronet, of Picton Castle in the County of Pembroke, in the

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. However, Lord Milford was childless and the titles became extinct on his death in 1857. He devised his estates to his half-brother Reverend James Henry Alexander Gwyther, who assumed the surname of Philipps. James's daughter Mary Philippa married Charles Edward Gregg Fisher, who assumed the surname of Philipps and was created a Baronet, of Picton, in 1887 (see Philipps Baronets). The title was revived for a second time in the Peerage of the United Kingdom in 1939, when Sir Laurence Philipps, 1st Baronet, was made Baron Milford, of Llanstephan in the County of Radnor. He had already been created a Baronet, of Llanstephan in the County of Radnor, in 1919. Philipps was the sixth son of Sir James Philipps, 12th Baronet, of Picton Castle, and the younger brother of

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and

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. He was succeeded by his son, the second Baron. He became a Communist and was disinherited by his father. Lord Milford is the only member of the

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to sit in the

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. the titles are held by his grandson, the fourth Baron, who succeeded his father in 1999.

Barons Milford; First creation (1776)

* Richard Philipps, 1st Baron Milford (1744–1823)

Barons Milford; Second creation (1847)

* Richard Bulkeley Philipps, 1st Baron Milford (1801–1857)

Barons Milford; Third creation (1939)

* Laurence Richard Philipps, 1st Baron Milford (1874–1962) *

Wogan Philipps, 2nd Baron Milford Wogan Philipps, 2nd Baron Milford (25 February 1902 – 30 November 1993) was the only member of the Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB) ever to sit in the House of Lords. Early life Philipps was the eldest son of Laurence Philipps, 1st Baro ...

(1902–1993) * Hugo John Laurence Philipps, 3rd Baron Milford (1929–1999) *Guy Wogan Philipps, 4th Baron Milford (born 1961) The

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is the present holder's son the Hon. Archie Sherwood Philipps (born 12 March 1997)

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