Richard Philipps, 1st Baron Milford (1744 – 28 November 1823), known as Sir Richard Philipps, Bt, from 1764 to 1776, was a Welsh landowner and

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politician who sat in the

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between 1765 and 1812.

Background and education

Philipps was the son of Sir John Philipps, 6th Baronet, of Picton Castle, and was educated at

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.Welsh Biography Online PHILIPPS family, of Picton, Pembrokeshire
/ref> He succeeded in the baronetcy in 1764.

Political career

Philipps was returned to parliament for

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in 1765 (succeeding his deceased father), and held the seat at the 1768 general election. However, in 1770 his election was declared void. In 1774 he was returned for

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, a seat he held until 1779. In 1776 he was raised to the

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as Baron Milford. As this was an Irish peerage he was able to remain in the

. He was out of parliament until 1784, when he was returned for

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. In 1786 he was once again elected for Pembrokeshire, and continued to represent the constituency until 1812. At the 1806 General Election, Philipps was opposed by the Owen family of Orielton but successfully held the seat. However, in 1812, he stood down in favour of John Frederick Campbell, heir to Lord Cawdor. At the ensuing election, however, Campbell was opposed and defeated by Sir John Owen of Orielton, who had recently inherited that estate from a distant cousin. He was also Lord-Lieutenant of Haverfordwest from 1770 to 1823 and

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from 1786 to 1823.

Personal life

Lord Milford married Elizabeth, daughter of James Philipps, of Pentypark, in 1764. His only son with his first wife, Mary Grant, John Philipps, was taken for dead after the

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. He died in November 1823. The barony died with him while he was succeeded in the baronetcy by a distant relative (see

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). He bequeathed his estates, including the family seat of

Picton Castle Picton Castle ( cy, Castell Pictwn) is a medieval castle near Haverfordwest in the community of Uzmaston, Boulston and Slebech, Pembrokeshire, Wales. Originally built at the end of the 13th century by a Flemish knight, it later came into the ha ...

, to his cousin Richard Grant, who assumed the surname of Philipps. Richard Grant was the son of John Grant and Mary Philippa Artemisia, daughter of James Child and Mary Philippa Artemisia, daughter of Bulkeley Philipps, uncle of Lord Milford. He was created a Baronet in 1828 and made Baron Milford in 1847.william1.co.uk Richard Bulkeley Philipps Grant (later Grant-Philipps in 1823), 1st Baron Milford
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