Sir John Phillips Philipps, 6th Baronet

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Sir JOHN PHILIPPS , the Jacobite , succeeded him [brother Sir ERASMUS PHILIPPS]. He matriculated from Pembroke College , Oxford , on 4 Aug. 1720 , aged 19, and was created D.C.L. on 12 April 1749 . Later he studied for the law. He m. Elizabeth , daughter of Henry Shepherd of London , on 22 Sept. 1725 . He was a staunch Tory , ‘a notorious Jacobite ’ (said Horace Walpole ), and a member of the Society of the Sea Sergeants . He was Member of Parliament for Carmarthenshire 1741-7 , Petersfield 1754-61 , and Pembrokeshire 1761-4 , and was made a privy councillor on 10 Jan. 1763 . In 1736 he became mayor of Haverfordwest where he was a councilman . He was also councilman and recorder of Carmarthen . He supported local education and founded scholarships at Pembroke College , Oxford , in 1749 . He d. 22 June 1764

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Sir John Phillips Philipps

• Born c in 1701.
• Son of Sir John Philipps Philipps and Mary Smith.
• Married Elizabeth Shepherd, daughter of Henry Shepherd, on 22 September 1725.
• Died on 23 June 1764, with four daughters:
• Educated Pembroke College Oxford.
• Also known as 6th Baronet [U.K. Life Peer].
• Barrister, Mayor Haverfordwest , MP: Carmarthen 1741–47, Petersfield 1754–61 and Pembs 1761–64, Lord Commissioner of BOT and Plantations 1744–45, Doctor of Civil Law (D.C.L.) Oxford 1749, Custos Rotulorum Haverfordwest 1761–64 in 1736.1 He was Privy Counsellor (P.C.) in 1763.

Child of Sir John Phillips Philipps and Elizabeth Shepherd

• Sir Richard Philipps Philipps b. 1744, d. 28 Nov 1823