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PHILIPPS, JOHN GEORGE, eldest son of Griffith Philipps MP, Cwmgwilli, Carmarthenshire, and his second wife Lucretia Elizabeth, dau. of Henry Folkes, London; b.; adm. 15 Jan 1773 (as John George Philips); Brasenose Coll. Oxford, matr. 16 Dec 1779, aged 18; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 27 Jul 1781; MP Carmarthen 1784-96, 7 Nov 1796 – Dec 1803; High Sheriff, Carmarthenshire 1812; m. 1st, 10 Jan 1782 Anne, dau. of John Bell, Aberystwyth, Cardiganshire, mine agent; m. 2nd, 10 Dec 1807 Anne Thomas; d. Jun 1816.

PHILIPPS, GEORGE, brother of John Louis Philipps (adm. 1753, qv); b. ; adm. ; KS (aged 14) 1757 (as George Philips); elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1761, adm. pens. 21 May 1761, scholar 30 Apr 1762, matr. Mich. 1761; BA 1766; MA 1769; High Sheriff, Carmarthenshire 1767-8 (or 1770 ?); Mayor, Carmarthen 1773-4; MP Carmarthen 1780-4; m. ; d. 17 Apr 1784.

PHELIPS, EDWARD, son of Edward Phelips (qv); b. 29 Apr 1753; adm.; KS (aged 13) 1766; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1770, matr. 15 Jun 1770, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1770 – void 16 Apr 1778; BA 1774; adm. Middle Temple 14 May 1770, called to bar 3 Jul 1778; MP Somerset from 1784; of Montacute, Somerset; m. 22 Dec 1784 Elizabeth, dau. of Thomas Lockyer MP, Maperton, Devon; d. 4 Aug 1792.

PHELIPS, EDWARD, eldest son of Edward Phelips MP, Montacute, Somerset, and his second wife Elizabeth, second dau. of Sir Edward Phelips, Kt, Montacute, Somerset; b. 12 Apr 1725; adm. (aged 11) Feb 1736/7; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 23 Apr 1741; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 1 Mar 1737/8; of Montacute, Somerset; MP Somerset 1774-80; m. 27 May 1747 Maria, dau. of William Wright, Clerk, Annuity Office, Exchequer; buried 1 Mar 1797.

PETTY-FITZMAURICE, WILLIAM THOMAS, EARL OF KERRY, elder son of Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 3rd Marquis of Lansdowne (qv); b. 24 Mar 1811; adm. 5 Jun 1822 (G); left Whitsun 1827; MP (Whig) Calne from 1832; m. 18 Mar 1834 Lady Augusta Lavinia Priscilla Ponsonby, second dau. of John William Ponsonby, 4th Earl of Bessborough PC, Lord Lieut. Ireland; d. 21 Jul 1836.

PETTY-FITZMAURICE, HENRY, 4TH MARQUIS OF LANSDOWNE, younger son of Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 3rd Marquis of Lansdowne (qv); b. 5 Jan 1816; adm. 30 Jun 1826 (recorded as Packharness', likely Stelfox's); Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 16 Dec 1833, fellow commoner 29 Jan 1834, matr. Mich. 1834; styled Earl of Shelburne 1836-63; MP (Whig) Calne 1837 – 14 Jul 1856; a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury 24 Dec 1847 – Aug 1848; Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs 5 Jul 1856 – 26 Feb 1858; called up to House of Lords in father’s barony as Baron Wycombe 14 Jul 1856; Chairman, Great Western Railway 1859-63; succ. father as 4th Marquis of Lansdowne 31 Jan 1863; KG 10 Oct 1864; DL Wiltshire 1840; m. 1st, 18 Aug 1840 Lady Georgiana Herbert, fifth dau. of George Herbert, 11th Earl of Pembroke; m. 2nd, 1 Nov 1843 Hon. Emily Jane Mercer Elphinstone de Flahault (Baroness Nairne), eldest dau. of Auguste Charles Joseph Flahaut de la Billarderie, Comte de Flahault, French Ambassador in Vienna and London; d. 5 Jul 1866. DNB.

PETTY-FITZMAURICE, HENRY, 3RD MARQUIS OF LANSDOWNE, only son of William Petty, 1st Marquis of Lansdowne KG PC, Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury, and his second wife Lady Louisa Fitzpatrick, sister of John Fitzpatrick, 2nd Earl of Upper Ossory (I) (qv); grandson of John Petty, 1st Earl of Shelburne (qv); b. 2 Jul 1780; at school 1789; up Clapham’s; in school list 1795; still at school 1796; Edinburgh Univ.; Trinity Coll. Oxford, adm. nob. 26 Oct 1798; MA 1801; Hon. LLD 1811; styled Lord Henry Petty to 1809; MP Calne 1802 – Jan 1806, Cambridge Univ. 7 Feb 1806-7, Camelford 1807 – 15 Nov 1809; took Whig whip in House of Commons; Chancellor of the Exchequer 10 Feb 1806 – 31 Mar 1807; Privy Councillor 5 Feb 1806; succeeded half-brother as 3rd Marquis of Lansdowne 15 Nov 1809, and cousin as Earl of Kerry (I) 4 Jul 1818; an active member of the Whig opposition in the House of Lords 1809-27, acting as its de facto leader 1823-7; supported the abolition of the slave trade and the removal of Roman Catholic and Jewish disabilities; led the main body of the Whig Party into coalition in Apr 1827 with the liberal wing of the Tory Party, headed by George Canning, serving in Canning’s cabinet as Minister without Portfolio Apr – Jul 1827 and as Secretary of State for Home Affairs in Canning and Goderich administrations 16 Jul 1827 – Jan 1828; Lord President of the Council in Whig administrations 22 Nov 1830 – Nov 1834, 18 Apr 1835 – Sep 1841 and 6 Jul 1846 – Feb 1852; led Whig peers in House of Lords 1843-55; declined to form government on Lord Derby’s resignation Dec 1852; member of cabinet in Aberdeen and Palmerston administrations Dec 1852 – Feb 1858, without holding any official position; refused offer of a dukedom Sep 1857; Lord Lieut., Wiltshire, from 23 Nov 1827; one of original members of Judicial Committee of Privy Council 14 Aug 1833; KG 5 Feb 1836; FRS 4 Apr 1811; member, Society of Dilettanti 1815; Busby Trustee 18 May 1813; a man of wide social influence and moderate political views; m. 30 Mar 1808 Lady Louisa Emma Fox-Strangways, sister of William Thomas Horner Fox-Strangways, 4th Earl of Ilchester (qv); d. 31 Jan 1863, from the effects of a fall. Memorial bust, Westminster Abbey. DNB.

PETTY, JOHN, 1ST EARL OF SHELBURNE (I), fifth son of Thomas Fitzmaurice, 1st Earl of Kerry (I), and Anne, only dau. of Sir William Petty MD MP FRS, Romsey, Hampshire; b.; adm. (aged 9) May 1715; in under school list 1719; adm. Middle Temple 3 Jan 1727/8; High Sheriff, co. Kerry 1732-3; MP (I) Co. Kerry 1743 – 7 Oct 1751; assumed surname of Petty in lieu of Fitzmaurice 1751, having inherited the estates of his maternal uncle Henry Petty, 1st Earl of Shelburne (I) (of an earlier creation); created Viscount Fitzmaurice (I) 7 Oct 1751 and Earl of Shelburne (I) 6 Jun 1753; Governor, co. Kerry 1753; Privy Councillor (I) 8 Feb 1754; MP Chipping Wycombe 1754 – 20 May 1760; created Baron Wycombe (GB) 20 May 1760; m. 16 Feb 1734 his cousin Mary, younger dau. of Hon. William Fitzmaurice, Gallane, co. Kerry; d. 14 May 1761.

PERCEVAL, PHILIP, brother of John Perceval, 1st Earl of Egmont (qv); b. 13 Nov 1686; at school under Knipe (HMC Egmont ii, 193); left 17 May 1700; Corpus Christi Coll. Oxford, matr. 9 Mar 1702/3; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 10 May 1703; Customer, Port of Dublin, from 19 Feb 1711; MP (I) Askeaton in Nov 1713; Director and Supervisor of the State Music (I) to George I and George II; m. 12 Jun 1712 Martha, widow of Nehemiah Donellan, Chief Baron of the Exchequer (I), and dau. of Christopher Usher, Dublin; d. 26 Apr 1748.

PERCEVAL, JOHN, 1ST EARL OF EGMONT (I), second son of Sir John Perceval, Bart. (b. 1660, qv); b. 22 Jul 1683; succ. brother as 5th baronet 9 Nov 1691; adm. 1698 (HMC Egmont ii, 190-1); Magdalen Coll. Oxford, matr. 18 Nov 1699; FRS 3 Dec 1701; MP (I) Co. Cork 1703-15; Privy Councillor (I) Oct 1704; Grand Tour (Italy) 1706-7; created Baron Perceval (I) 21 Apr 1715, Viscount Perceval (I) 25 Feb 1722/3, and Earl of Egmont (I) 6 Nov 1733; MP Harwich 1727-34; Recorder of Harwich 1728-34; thrice refused offer of English peerage; first President of province of Georgia 9 Jun 1732, actively superintending its colonisation; collected the materials for the General History of the House of Yvery, 1742, compiled under his guidance by James Anderson; author, essays and pamphlets; m. 20 Jun 1710 Catharine, eldest dau. of Sir Philip Parker (afterwards Parker-a-Morley), Bart.; d. 1 May 1748. DNB.