Sir Philip Albert Muntz, 1st Baronet (5 January 1839 – 21 December 1908) was an English businessman and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1884 to 1906. Muntz was the son of

George Frederic Muntz George Frederick Muntz (26 November 1794 – 30 July 1857) was an Business magnate, industrialist from Birmingham, England and a Liberal Party (UK), Liberal Party Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament (MP) for the Birmin ...

of Umberslade Hall, Warwickshire and his wife Eliza Price. He was a J.P. for Warwickshire. In 1881 he built Dunsmore House, a three-storey

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country house near

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. In 1884, Muntz was elected as a Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for Warwickshire North but the constituency was abolished under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885. He was elected as MP for Tamworth at the 1885 general election, and held the seat until his death in 1908 aged 69. It was announced that he would receive a baronetcy in the

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list published on 26 June 1902 for the (subsequently postponed) coronation of King Edward VII, and on 24 July 1902 he was created a Baronet, of Dunmore, near Rugby, in the parish of Clifton-on-Dunmore, in the county of Warwick. Muntz married his cousin Rosalie Muntz, daughter of

Philip Henry Muntz Philip Henry Muntz (21 January 1811 – 25 December 1888) was a British businessman and Liberal politician. He was a leading figure in the politics of the rapidly growing industrial town of Birmingham in the mid-nineteenth century. Early life a ...

in 1859. The Times, ''Marriages'' 20 June 1859

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