William Philipps was a Welsh politician who sat in the House of Commons

House of Commons of England

The House of Commons of England was the lower house of the Parliament of England from its development in the 14th century to the union of England and Scotland in 1707, when it was replaced by the House of Commons of Great Britain...

  in 1660.

Philipps was a member of the Philipps family of Picton, being described as a local Royalist and cousin of James Philipps

James Philipps

James Philipps was a Welsh politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1653 and 1662. He was a supporter of the Parliamentary cause during the English Civil War.-Life:...

. He may have been William Phillipps of Heathook, Pembrokeshire who was, a zealous royalist. Information was laid against him on 29 June 1649 that he was a delinquent and he was excepted from the General I^ardon for South Wales and Monmouthshire on 26 February 1651. His estates were sequestered by the Committee for South Wales on 13 May 1651 by order of the Committee for Compounding, London, on grounds that he was concerned in Poyer's Rising of 1648..

In 1660, Philipps was elected Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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 for Haverfordwest

Haverfordwest (UK Parliament constituency)

Haverfordwest was a parliamentary constituency. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.- History :...

 in the Convention Parliament. His opponent Sampson Lort

Sampson Lort

Sampson Lort was a Welsh politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1659.Lort was the second son of Henry Lort of Stackpole, Pembrokeshire and his wife Judith White, daughter of Henry White of Henllam, Pembrokeshire...

claimed victory after being judged unsuitable by the corporation in view of his oppressive behaviour during the interregnum and the election was declared void on 29 June. Philipps was re-elected on 7 August 166.