Sir John Philipps, 6th Baronet, PC ( – 22 June 1764) was a Welsh politician and lawyer who served as

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from 1761 to 1764. Sir John was the son of Sir John Philipps, 4th Baronet. He studied at

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, and went on to

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. In 1736 he was elected mayor of

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and in 1741 he became MP for

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. In 1743, his elder brother, Sir Erasmus Philipps, 5th Baronet, was accidentally drowned, and Sir John inherited the baronetcy and

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. He gave up the Carmarthenshire seat in 1747, but re-entered Parliament as MP for

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(1754–1761), and

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(1761–1764). In 1763 he became a privy counsellor. A patron of education, he founded several scholarships at his former Oxford college. Proposed by his elder brother, he was elected a

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in 1742. In 1725, he married Elizabeth, the daughter of Henry Shepherd of London, with whom he had a son and 3 daughters. Among the family's servants was

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, a former slave from

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, who later became a successful

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, Surrey. The family lived for many years at

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Place, an estate just outside Kingston, and Sir John died here on 22 June 1764. Accessed 9 April 2020 He was succeeded by the son,

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, who was created

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in 1776.

References

Philipps family of Picton. Welsh Biography Online
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