Hubert Beaumont Phipps (November 12, 1905 – August 15, 1969) was a
Virginia publisher and editor as well as a breeder of
thoroughbred horses and
purebred cattle. He was a member of the prominent
Phipps family
The Phipps family of the United States is a prominent American family that descends from Henry Phipps Jr. (1839–1930), a businessman and philanthropist. His father was an English shoemaker who immigrated in the early part of the 19th century t ...
who made a fortune in steel as partners with
Andrew Carnegie in the steel-making business in
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Biography
He was born on November 12, 1905 in London, England. Hubert Phipps married Carla Gordon. She died in 1950 and he subsequently married Lady Phoebe Pleydell-Bouverie, third daughter of
William Pleydell-Bouverie, 7th Earl of Radnor, with whom he had two children. They divorced in 1963.
A former president of the Virginia Thoroughbred Association, Hubert Phipps bred and raced
Thoroughbreds. He owned Rockburn Stud Farm in
The Plains, Virginia
The Plains is a town in Fauquier County, Virginia, United States. The population was 245 as of the 2020 census, up from 217 at the 2010 census. It is centered on the intersection of VA 55 (John Marshall Highway) and VA 245 (Old Tavern Road). The ...
and raced under the name of Rockburn Farm.
Since 1936 he published and edited ''
The Fauquier Democrat'', a
weekly newspaper in
Fauquier County, Virginia and was the president of the ''
Loudoun Times-Mirror
''Loudoun Times-Mirror'' is a weekly newspaper based in Leesburg, Virginia
Leesburg is a town in the state of Virginia, and the county seat of Loudoun County. Settlement in the area began around 1740, which is named for the Lee family, early le ...
''.
He died on August 15, 1969 at his Rockburn Farm estate.
References
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1905 births
1969 deaths
American racehorse owners and breeders
Phipps family
People from The Plains, Virginia
People from Warrenton, Virginia
British emigrants to the United States