Sir Erasmus Philipps, 5th Baronet (8 November 1699 – 5 October 1743), of

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, Pembrokeshire, was a British politician who sat in the

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from 1726 to 1743. 02 Picton Castle Pembrokeshire

Philipps was the eldest surviving son of Sir John Philipps, 4th Baronet and his wife Mary Smith, daughter of Anthony Smith, a merchant of the East India Company.George Edward Cokayne ''Complete Baronetage Volume 1'' 1900
/ref> He matriculated at

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on 4 August 1720 and was admitted at

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on 8 August 1721. Philipps was returned unopposed as Member of Parliament for

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on the family interest at a by-election on 8 February 1726 and again at the

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. He voted against the Administration in every recorded division. In 1732, he became a trustee of the Georgia Society. At the

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, he was returned for Haverfordwest in a contest. He was absent in Italy for the recovery of his health when the vote on the Spanish convention took place in 1739. He was returned again as MP at the

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and voted against the Administration on the chairman of the elections committee in December 1741. Philipps was elected a

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in 1727. He succeeded his father to the

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in 1737. In 1743 Philipps was drowned in the River Avon on his way home from Bath after his horse was frightened by some pigs. He was unmarried and was succeeded by his younger brother Sir John Philipps, 6th Baronet.

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