Catalogue description PHILIPS OF WESTON
This record is held by Shakespeare Birthplace Trust
Reference: | DR 198 |
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Title: | PHILIPS OF WESTON |
Description: |
Letters and papers of George (afterwards 1st baronet) Philips of Sedgeley, Lancashire and Weston House, Warwickshire, and Sir George Richard Philips, 2nd baronet, and their immediate circle. |
Date: | 1806-c.1890 |
Held by: | Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, not available at The National Archives |
Language: | English |
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Physical description: | 195 items |
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Administrative / biographical background: |
George Philips (1766-1847), was the eldest son of the successful Manchester cotton manufacturer, Thomas Philips, of Sedgeley, which estate George inherited in 1811. In 1812 he entered Parliament, sitting as a Whig for various constituencies until 1834. George Philips purchased Weston House and estate for £75,000 in 1819 and was created a baronet in 1828. His son, George Richard Philips, the 2nd baronet, sat in parliament from 1818-1852. |
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