Philip Vincent Belloc Jebb (15 March 1927 - 7 April 1995), was a British architect and

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politician.

Background

Jebb was the son of Reginald Jebb and Eleanor Belloc. He was a grandson of the writer and Liberal MP

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. He was also a grandson of the civil engineer George Robert Jebb. He was educated at Downside School and

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.The Times House of Commons 1950 In 1955 he married Lucy Margaret Pollen, sister of the architect

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. They had two sons and two daughters. His brother Anthony became a monk of the Benedictine order at

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, taking the name Dom Philip Jebb.

Professional career

Following National service, Jebb read architecture at Cambridge, qualified as an architect and eventually went into private practice. In 1967-70 he enlarged Abbey House, adjacent to

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, to three times its former size for the Hon. Robin Neville. Around 1967 he aided portrait painter

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in the design of a

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-style apartment complex in

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, which was completed in 1970. In 1971, Jebb designed a restaurant for Winston Churchill's house,

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, on behalf of the

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. In the early 1980s he designed Government House on

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Island, which is now available to rent for holidays through the

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The renovation and remodelling of country houses, and the addition of features necessary for their opening to the public, was a Jebb speciality. The Deborah Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire, Dowager Duchess of Devonshire spoke highly of his public lavatories at

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Political career

Jebb came forward as a last-minute Liberal candidate for the new

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division of

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at the 1950 General Election. The seat included much of the old Norfolk East constituency which had been represented by the former Liberal,

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, who had not been opposed by an official Liberal candidate before. Jebb was defeated into third place and did not stand for parliament again.British parliamentary election results 1950-1973, Craig, F.W.S.

External links

Philip Jebb architect

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jebb, Philip Vincent Belloc 1927 births 1995 deaths Liberal Party (UK) parliamentary candidates 20th-century English architects Alumni of King's College, Cambridge People educated at Downside School