The Miles Baronetcy, of Leigh Court in the County of Somerset, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 19 April 1859 for the banker and Conservative

Conservative Party (UK)

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 politician William Miles

Sir William Miles, 1st Baronet

Sir William Miles, 1st Baronet was an English politician, agriculturalist and landowner. He was educated at Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford and was created Baronet on April 19, 1859, of Leigh Court, Somerset....

. His son, the second Baronet, was also a banker and Conservative politician.

Philip John Miles, father of the first Baronet, was Mayor of Bristol

Bristol

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 and sat as Member of Parliament

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 for Westbury

Westbury (UK Parliament constituency)

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, Corfe Castle

Corfe Castle (UK Parliament constituency)

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 and Bristol

Bristol (UK Parliament constituency)

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. The first Baronet was an uncle of Philip Napier Miles

Philip Napier Miles

Philip Napier Miles JP DLitt h.c. was a prominent and wealthy citizen of Bristol, UK, who left his mark on the city, especially on what are now its western suburbs, through his musical and organizational abilities and through good works of various kinds...

, Frank Miles

Frank Miles

George Francis "Frank" Miles was a London artist who specialised in pastel portraits of society ladies, also an architect and a keen plantsman.-Life and career:...

 and Christopher Oswald Miles

Christopher Oswald Miles

-Early life:Miles was educated at Marlborough College and Trinity College, Oxford where he took an MA in Classics in 1875. He also attended Cuddesdon College in their fourth term of 1873 and terms one to three of 1874 where he trained for the priesthood.-England:...

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Miles Baronets, of Leigh Court (1859)

• Sir William Miles, 1st Baronet
  Sir William Miles, 1st Baronet
  Sir William Miles, 1st Baronet was an English politician, agriculturalist and landowner. He was educated at Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford and was created Baronet on April 19, 1859, of Leigh Court, Somerset....
  
   (1797–1878)
• Sir Philip John William Miles, 2nd Baronet
  Sir Philip Miles, 2nd Baronet
  Sir Philip John William Miles, 2nd Baronet was an English politician. Educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge, he then served in the 17th Lancers. He was a sheriff of Bristol in 1853 and partner in the family's bank, Miles & Co from 1852 - 1854...
  
  (1825–1888)
• Sir Cecil Miles, 3rd Baronet (1873–1898)
• Sir Henry Robert William Miles, 4th Baronet (1843–1915)
• Sir Charles William Miles, 5th Baronet (1883–1966)
• Sir William Napier Maurice Miles, 6th Baronet (1913–2010)
• Sir Philip John Miles, 7th Baronet (b. 1953)