Viscount St Davids
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. It was created in 1918 for John Philipps, 1st Baron St Davids
John Philipps, 1st Viscount St Davids
John Wynford Philipps, 1st Viscount St Davids PC was a British peer and former Liberal Member of Parliament for Mid Lanarkshire 1888–1894 and Pembrokeshire 1898–1908. He was educated at Felsted School....
. The Philipps family descends from Sir John Philipps
Sir John Philipps, 1st Baronet
Sir John Philipps, 1st Baronet was a Welsh landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1601.Philipps was the son of of Morgan Philipps of Picton and his wife Elizabeth Fletcher, daughter of Richard Fletcher of Bangor, Caernarvonshire. He was registrar of the diocese of Bangor...
, who represented Pembrokeshire
Pembrokeshire (UK Parliament constituency)
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in the House of Commons
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. In 1621 he was created a Baronet, of Picton Castle in the County of Pembroke, in the Baronetage of England. His grandson, the third Baronet, also sat as Member of Parliament
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for Pembrokeshire. He was succeeded by his son, the fourth Baronet. He represented Pembroke
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Pembroke was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Pembroke in West Wales. 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:For the creation and early history of the seat, see...
and Haverfordwest
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in Parliament. His son, the fifth Baronet, sat for Haverfordwest. He was succeeded by his younger brother, the sixth Baronet. He represented Carmarthen
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Carmarthen was the name of a parliamentary constituency in Wales which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom between 1542 and 1997...
, Petersfield
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and Pembrokeshire in the House of Commons.
His son, the seventh Baronet, was Member of Parliament for Pembrokeshire and Haverfordwest and also served as Lord-Lieutenant of Haverfordwest and of Pembrokeshire. In 1776 he was raised to the Peerage of Ireland
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as Baron Milford. However, this title became extinct on his death in 1823. He was succeeded in the baronetcy by his distant relative, the eighth Baronet. He was a descendant of Hugh Philipps, third son of the first Baronet. He was succeeded by his younger brother, the ninth Baronet. This line of the family failed on the death of the latter's son, the tenth Baronet, in 1857.
The late Baronet was succeeded by his kinsman, the eleventh Baronet. His son, the twelfth Baronet, was a clergyman and served as Vicar of Warminster from 1859 to 1897 and as Canon of Salisbury
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. He was succeeded by his eldest son, the thirteenth Baronet. He sat as Liberal
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Member of Parliament for Mid Lanarkshire
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and Pembrokeshire. In 1908, four years before he succeeded his father in the baronetcy, he was created Baron St Davids, of Roch Castle in the County of Pembroke, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. In 1918 he was further honoured when he was made Viscount St Davids, of Lydstep Haven in the County of Pembroke, also in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. Lord St Davids married as his second wife Elizabeth Frances Philipps, 14th Baroness Strange, 15th Baroness Hungerford and 14th Baroness de Moleyns (1884–1974) (see the Baron Strange
Baron Strange
Baron Strange is a title that has been created several times in the Peerage of England. Two creations, one in 1295 and another in 1325, had only one holder each, upon the death of whom they became extinct. Two of the creations are still extant, however...
, Baron Hungerford
Baron Hungerford
The Barony of Hungerford was created in the Peerage of England on 7 January 1426 for Walter Hungerford, who was summoned to parliament, had been Member of Parliament, Speaker of the House and invested as Knight of the Order of the Garter before and was made Lord High Treasurer one year before he...
and Baron de Moleyns for earlier history of these titles). The Viscount's two sons from his first marriage were both killed in action in the First World War.
He was succeeded therefore by his son from his second marriage, Jestyn, who became the second Viscount. In 1974 he also succeeded his mother as Baron Strange, Baron Hungerford and Baron De Moleyns. His son, Colwyn Philipps, 3rd Viscount St Davids
Colwyn Philipps, 3rd Viscount St Davids
Colwyn Jestyn John Philipps, 3rd Viscount St Davids was the son of Jestyn Philipps, 2nd Viscount St Davids and Doreen Guinness Jowett and was a British peer...
, who succeeded in 1991, held office from 1992 to 1994 in the Conservative
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administration of John Major
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and was a Deputy Speaker of the House of Lords
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from 1995 to 1999. However, Lord St Davids lost his seat in the House of Lords after the passing of the House of Lords Act 1999
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. the titles are held by his eldest son, the fourth Viscount, who succeeded in 2009.
Two of the first Viscount's younger brothers, Owen Philipps, 1st Baron Kylsant
Owen Philipps, 1st Baron Kylsant
Owen Cosby Philipps, 1st Baron Kylsant was a British businessman and politician, later jailed for producing a document with intent to deceive.-Background:...
, and Laurence Philipps, 1st Baron Milford
Laurence Philipps, 1st Baron Milford
Laurence Richard Philipps, 1st Baron Milford , was a British peer.Philipps was the sixth son of Reverend Sir James Philipps, 12th Baronet St Davids, and his wife the Hon. Mary Margaret . John Philipps, 1st Viscount St Davids, and Owen Philipps, 1st Baron Kylsant, were his elder brothers...
, were also raised to the peerage.
Philipps Baronets, of Picton Castle (1621)
- Sir John Philipps, 1st BaronetSir John Philipps, 1st BaronetSir John Philipps, 1st Baronet was a Welsh landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1601.Philipps was the son of of Morgan Philipps of Picton and his wife Elizabeth Fletcher, daughter of Richard Fletcher of Bangor, Caernarvonshire. He was registrar of the diocese of Bangor...
(d. 1629) - Sir Richard Philipps, 2nd Baronet (d. c. 1648)
- Sir Erasmus Philipps, 3rd BaronetSir Erasmus Philipps, 3rd BaronetSir Erasmus Philipps, 3rd Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1654 and 1659.Philipps was the eldest son of Sir Richard Philipps, 2nd Baronet of Picton Castle. He succeeded to the baronetcy before 1654....
(c. 1623–1697) - Sir John Philipps, 4th Baronet (c. 1666–1737)
- Sir Erasmus Philipps, 5th Baronet (c. 1700–1743)
- Sir John Philipps, 6th BaronetSir John Philipps, 6th BaronetSir John Philipps, 6th Baronet PC was a Welsh Jacobite politician.Sir John was the son of Sir John Philipps, 4th Baronet. He studied at Pembroke College, Oxford, and went on to Lincoln's Inn. In 1725, he married Elizabeth Shepherd. In 1736 he was mayor of Haverfordwest, and in 1741 he became MP...
(c. 1701–1764) - Sir Richard Philipps, 7th BaronetRichard Philipps, 1st Baron Milford (first creation)Richard Philipps, 1st Baron Milford , known as Sir Richard Philipps, Bt, from 1764 to 1776, was a Welsh landowner and Tory politician.-Background and education:...
(1744–1823) (created Baron Milford in 1776)
Barons Milford (1776)
- Richard Philipps, 1st Baron MilfordRichard Philipps, 1st Baron Milford (first creation)Richard Philipps, 1st Baron Milford , known as Sir Richard Philipps, Bt, from 1764 to 1776, was a Welsh landowner and Tory politician.-Background and education:...
(1744–1823)
Philipps Baronets, of Picton Castle (1621; Reverted)
- Sir Rowland Perry Philipps-Laugharne-Philipps, 8th Baronet (1788–1832)
- Sir William Philipps-Laugharne-Philipps, 9th Baronet (1794–1850)
- Sir Godwin Philipps-Laugharne-Philipps, 10th Baronet (1840–1857)
- Sir James Evans Philipps, 11th Baronet (1793–1873)
- Sir James Erasmus Philipps, 12th Baronet (1824–1912)
- Sir John Wynford Philipps, 13th BaronetJohn Philipps, 1st Viscount St DavidsJohn Wynford Philipps, 1st Viscount St Davids PC was a British peer and former Liberal Member of Parliament for Mid Lanarkshire 1888–1894 and Pembrokeshire 1898–1908. He was educated at Felsted School....
(1860–1938) (created Baron St Davids in 1908 and Viscount St Davids in 1918)
Viscounts St Davids (1918)
- John Wynford Philipps, 1st Viscount St DavidsJohn Philipps, 1st Viscount St DavidsJohn Wynford Philipps, 1st Viscount St Davids PC was a British peer and former Liberal Member of Parliament for Mid Lanarkshire 1888–1894 and Pembrokeshire 1898–1908. He was educated at Felsted School....
(1860–1938) - Jestyn Reginald Austen Plantagenet Philipps, 2nd Viscount St DavidsJestyn Philipps, 2nd Viscount St DavidsJestyn Reginald Austin Plantagenet Philipps, 2nd Viscount St Davids was a British peer.-Personal life:Lord St Davids married three times but only had children with his first wife....
(1917–1991) - Colwyn Jestyn John Philipps, 3rd Viscount St DavidsColwyn Philipps, 3rd Viscount St DavidsColwyn Jestyn John Philipps, 3rd Viscount St Davids was the son of Jestyn Philipps, 2nd Viscount St Davids and Doreen Guinness Jowett and was a British peer...
(1939–2009) - Rhodri Colwyn Philipps, 4th Viscount St Davids (b. 1966)
The heir presumptive
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is the present holder's brother the Hon. Roland Philipps (better known as Todd Sharpville
Todd Sharpville
Todd Sharpville is the younger son of the 3rd Viscount St Davids and younger brother of 4th Viscount St Davids. Sharpville is a British musician, singer-songwriter and lead guitarist, mainly in the blues field...
).
See also
- Baron Kylsant
- Baron MilfordBaron MilfordBaron Milford is a title that has been created three times, once in the Peerage of Ireland and twice in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. All three creations have been for members of the same family. The first creation came in the Peerage of Ireland in 1776 when Sir Richard Philipps, 7th Baronet,...
- Philipps BaronetsPhilipps BaronetsThere have been four Baronetcies created for members of the Welsh Philipps family, one in the Baronetage of England and three in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom ....
- Baron StrangeBaron StrangeBaron Strange is a title that has been created several times in the Peerage of England. Two creations, one in 1295 and another in 1325, had only one holder each, upon the death of whom they became extinct. Two of the creations are still extant, however...
- Baron HungerfordBaron HungerfordThe Barony of Hungerford was created in the Peerage of England on 7 January 1426 for Walter Hungerford, who was summoned to parliament, had been Member of Parliament, Speaker of the House and invested as Knight of the Order of the Garter before and was made Lord High Treasurer one year before he...
- Baron de Moleyns
- Picton CastlePicton CastlePicton Castle is a medieval castle near Haverfordwest in Pembrokeshire, Wales. Originally built at the end of the 13th century by Sir John Wogan and is still inhabited by his descendants, the Philipps family ....
External links
- 3rd Viscount St Davids - Daily Telegraph obituary