Philip William Skinner Miles (1816 – 1 October 1881), sometimes spelled Skynner Miles, was a

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politician. He was the son of

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(MP)

Philip John Miles Philip John Miles (1773–1845) was an English landowner, slave owner, merchant, shipowner, banker and politician from Bristol. Through his banking interests he found himself on the register of owners of slaves on plantations in Jamaica though o ...

and Clarissa née Peach. Miles was elected a Conservative MP for Bristol at the 1837 general election and held the seat until 1852 when he did not seek re-election. Miles was appointed

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for 1863. He was Chairman of the Port and Pier Railway Company.

Family life

In 1846 Miles married Pamela Adelaide Napier (1823-1910), daughter of Lieutenant-General Sir

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and Caroline Amelia Fox. They had one child,

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(1865–1935). Miles died on 1 October 1881 at

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aged 65.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Miles, Philip William Skinner UK MPs 1837–1841 UK MPs 1841–1847 UK MPs 1847–1852 Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies 1816 births 1881 deaths High Sheriffs of Gloucestershire People from Clifton, Bristol