The Philips Baronetcy, of Weston, was a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 21 February 1828 for George Philips. Philips was the son of wealthy Manchester cotton manufacturer Thomas Philips (d. 1811). In Parliament he sat as a Whig

British Whig Party

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 and represented Steyning

Steyning (UK Parliament constituency)

Steyning was a parliamentary borough in Sussex, England, which elected two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons sporadically from 1298 and continuously from 1467 until 1832...

  1818-1820, Wootton Basset 1820-30 and Warwickshire South 1832-35.

He was succeeded by his son. The second Baronet represented three contituencies: Steyning

Steyning (UK Parliament constituency)

Steyning was a parliamentary borough in Sussex, England, which elected two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons sporadically from 1298 and continuously from 1467 until 1832...

  1820-32, Kidderminster

Kidderminster (UK Parliament constituency)

Kidderminster was a parliamentary constituency in Worcestershire, represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament by the first past the post voting system.-History:...

  1835-37 and Poole 1839-1852. He served as High Sheriff

High Sheriff

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 of Warwickshire in 1859. He married the daughter of the 2nd Earl of Camperdown

Earl of Camperdown

Earl of Camperdown, of Lundie in the County of Forfar and of Gleneagles in the County of Perth, was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1831 for Robert Haldane-Duncan, 2nd Viscount Duncan...

 but had no male issue and the Baronetcy was extinct on his demise.

The family seat was at Weston House, Long Compton, Shipston on Stour which the first Baronet purchased for £75000 in 1819. The house was demolished in 1934.

Philips Baronets, of Weston (1828)

• Sir George Philips, 1st Baronet  (1766-1847)
• Sir George Richard Philips, 2nd Baronet
  Sir George Philips, 2nd Baronet
  Sir George Philips, 2nd Baronet was a British Whig politician.He was Member of Parliament for Horsham from 1818 to 1820, for Steyning from 1820 to 1824, for Kidderminster from 1835 to 1837, and for Poole from 1841 to 1852.He was the son of Sir George Philips, 1st Baronet.- External links :...
  
  (1789-1874)