Background
Philipps was the sixth son of Reverend Sir James Philipps, 12th Baronet Street Davids, and his wife the Honorary
Philipps was the sixth son of Reverend Sir James Philipps, 12th Baronet Street Davids, and his wife the Honorary
Mary Margaret (née Best). He was created a Baronet, of Llanstephan in the County of Radnor, in 1919 and in 1939 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Milford, of Llanstephan in the County of Radnor. Lord Milford married Ethel Georgina, daughter of Reverend Benjamin Speke, in 1901.
Lady Milford died in 1971.
The barony was a revival of the two extinct baronies of Milford, created in 1776 and in 1847, held by earlier members of the Philipps family.