PENNYMAN, SIR JAMES, BART., eldest son of Ralph Pennyman (qv); bapt. 6 Dec 1736; adm. Jun 1749 (Morel's); in school list 1754; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 10 May 1756; succ. uncle as 5th baronet 14 Jan 1770; MP Scarborough 27 Nov 1770-4, Beverley 1774-96; of Ormesby Hall, Yorks.; m. 1st, 7 Dec 1762 Elizabeth, dau. of Sir Henry Grey, Bart., Howick, Northumberland; m. 2nd, 14 May 1801 Mary Maleham, Westminster; d. 27 Mar 1806.
Petty-Fitzmaurice, Henry, 1780-1863
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-Fitzmaurice, Henry, 1816-1866
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, William Thomas, 1811-1836
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.
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.
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.
Philipps, Richard Bulkeley Philipps, 1801-1857
PHILIPPS, RICHARD BULKELEY PHILIPPS, 1ST BARON MILFORD, only child of John Grant, Nolton, Haverfordwest, Pembs., and Mary Philippa Artemisia, only dau. of James Child, Bigelly House, Pembs.; b. 4 Jun 1801; adm. 17 Apr 1816 (Best's) (as Richard B. P. Grant); left Midsummer 1817; assumed surname of Philipps in lieu of Grant 10 Feb 1824, on inheriting estates of his cousin Richard Philipps, 1st Baron Milford (I) MP; Lord Lieut., Haverfordwest, from 19 Feb 1824; MP Haverfordwest 1826-34, 1837-47; created baronet 13 Feb 1828 and Baron Milford (UK) 21 Sep 1847; a Whig supporter in House of Commons and House of Lords; m. 1st, 14 Oct 1824 Eliza, only dau. of John Gordon, Hanwell, Middlesex; m. 2nd, 8 Jun 1854 Lady Anna Jane Howard, fourth dau. of William Howard, 4th Earl of Wicklow (I); d. 3 Jan 1857.
PHILIPPS, SIR JOHN, BART. , eldest son of Sir Erasmus Philipps, Bart. , MP, and Catherine, dau. of Hon. Edward Darcy; b. ; adm. ; KS 1679 (as John Philips); elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1682, scholar 9 May 1683, matr. 1682; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 1684; MP Pembroke 1695-1702, Haverfordwest 4 Mar 1718-22; succ. father as 4th baronet 18 Jan 1697; prominent member of Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, and of Society for Promotion of Christian Knowledge, and an early patron of Methodism; m. 12 Dec 1697 Mary, dau. of Anthony Smith, East India merchant; d. 5 Jan 1737, aged 70.
Phillimore, John George, 1808-1865
PHILLIMORE, JOHN GEORGE, eldest son of Joseph Phillimore (KS 1789, qv); b. 5 Jan 1808; adm. 22 Oct 1817 (G); KS 1820; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1824, matr. 28 May 1824, Westminster Student 1824-36, Faculty Student 1836-; BA 1828; MA 1831; Junior Clerk, Board of Control 1827-32; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 5 Feb 1828, called to bar 23 Nov 1832, Bencher Mich. 1851; QC 8 Jul 1851; Reader in Constitutional Law and legal History to Inns of Court 1852; MP (Whig/Liberal) Leominster 1852-7; author, An Introduction to the Study and History of the Roman Law, 1848, and other works; m. 1 Aug 1839 Rosalind Margaret, younger dau. of Right Hon. Sir James Lewis Knight-Bruce PC, Lord Justice of Appeal; d. 27 Apr 1865. DNB.
PHILLIMORE, JOSEPH, eldest son of Joseph Phillimore (in school list 1764, qv); b. 14 Sep 1775; adm.; in school list Dec 1788; KS 1789; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1793, matr. 30 May 1793, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1793 – void 28 Jun 1805; Chancellor’s Prize for English Essay 1798; BA 1797; BCL 1800; DCL 1804; adm. advocate, Doctors’ Commons 21 Nov 1804; practised with success in Ecclesiastical and Admiralty Courts; Regius Prof. of Civil Law, Oxford University, from 1809, also Chancellor, Diocese of Oxford, from 1809, and Prebendary of Salisbury, although a layman, from 12 Dec 1809; Judge of Cinque Ports from 1809; MP St. Mawes 17 Mar 1817-26, Yarmouth (Isle of Wight) 1826-30; Commissioner, Board of Control 8 Feb 1822 – Jan 1828; Admiralty Advocate from 25 Oct 1834; Chancellor, Diocese of Worcester, from 6 Nov 1834, and Dioces of Bristol from 1842; LLD Cambridge 1834; FRS 13 Feb 1840; Busby Trustee 23 May 1840; author, Reports of Ecclesiastical Cases, 1809-21, 1832-3; m. 19 Mar 1807 Elizabeth, third dau. of Walter Bagot (adm. 1739/40, qv) and his first wife; d. 24 Jan 1855. DNB.