Sir Philip Hales, 5th Baronet (c. 1735-12 April 1824), of Beakesbourne in Kent, was an English courtier and Member of Parliament. Hales was the sixth son of

Sir Thomas Hales, 3rd Baronet Sir Thomas Hales, 3rd Baronet ( – October 1762), of Beakesbourne in Kent, was an English courtier and Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons for 37 years between 1722 and 1762. Hales was the eldest son of Sir Thomas Hales, 2nd Barone ...

, a long-serving Member of Parliament who held a series of lucrative posts in the Royal Household. He also held a household post, as

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from 1771 until 1812. In 1774 he stood for election in two constituencies,

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and Downton. At Canterbury he was badly defeated, but Downton was a

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where his brother-in-law Lord Feversham was influential, and he was successful there, though only after petitioning against the original result; he took his seat in February 1775. He later also served as MP for

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. He is not recorded as having spoken in the House in either of his two periods as an MP. His father's baronetcy had passed to his elder brother, Thomas Pym Hales, in 1762. However, when his brother died on 18 March 1773, his only children were daughters, so Philip as the oldest surviving brother inherited the title. He married Elizabeth Smith, pre 1784, but their only child was also a daughter, Elizabeth. On Philip's death in 1824 he had no male heirs, and the baronetcy became extinct.

References

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Hales genealogy
* Robert Beatson, ''A Chronological Register of Both Houses of Parliament'' (London: Longman, Hurst, Res & Orme, 1807

* Lewis Namier & John Brooke, ''The History of Parliament: The House of Commons 1754–1790'' (London: HMSO, 1964) , - 1824 deaths, Hales, Philip Hales, Philip, 5th Baronet Hales, Philip Year of birth uncertain British MPs 1774–1780 British MPs 1784–1790

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