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PHILLIPS, Charles (c.1720-74), of Camelford, Cornw.
Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1754-1790, ed. L. Namier, J. Brooke., 1964
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Constituency
Dates
1768 - 1774
Family and Education
b. c.1720, s. of John Phillips, a Camelford attorney, by his w. Elizabeth Pomeroy; bro. of Jonathan Phillips. m. da. and coh. of John Speccot Long of Penheald, Cornw., s.p.1
Offices Held
Recorder, Camelford 1761- d.
Biography
Phillips succeeded his father about 1747 as Thomas Pitt’s parliamentary manager at Camelford, and gradually secured complete control of the borough in his own interest. In the House he was a regular Government supporter, and in the division lists never appears as one of the Opposition. Apparently he never spoke in the House. He died 16 Oct. 1774.
Ref Volumes: 1754-1790
Author: Sir Lewis Namier
Notes
- 1. Gilbert, Parochial Hist. Cornw. i. 130.