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George Lort-Phillips (4 July 1811 – 30 October 1866) was

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for

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from 1861 until his death.

Biography

George Lort Phillips was born in

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, Devon, the eldest son of John Lort Philipps by his marriage to Augusta Ilbert. He was educated at Harrow and

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. He was a Deputy Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire from 1835. He married, in 1841, Isabella Georgina Allen, youngest daughter of

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who had been the Whig member of parliament for the borough of Pembroke from 1818 to 1826. He was

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in 1843. He inherited the

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, and Nash estates in 1851 on the death of Sir William Owen-Barlow, 8th Baronet. In 1861 a by-election in

was called when the sitting member, John Campbell, Viscount Emlyn, succeeded his father

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in his earldom and seat in the

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. Lort Phillips retained his seat at the 1865 general election, when he was re-elected unopposed. Throughout his time in parliament he sat on the opposition benches, with the government being led by the Liberals with

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and later

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as Prime Minister. He died in 1866 from "injuries sustained while hunting in Lawrenny Park". His funeral was attended by hundreds of people. At the subsequent by election, James Bevan Bowen was elected to the seat, the by-election unopposed by the Liberals.''

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'', Tuesday, 20 November 1866; p. 9; Issue 25660; col C

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Phillips, George Lort 1811 births 1866 deaths Accidental deaths in England Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge Conservative Party (UK) MPs for Welsh constituencies Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Pembrokeshire constituencies People educated at Harrow School High Sheriffs of Pembrokeshire UK MPs 1859–1865 UK MPs 1865–1868 Hunting accident deaths Deputy Lieutenants of Pembrokeshire