Background
He was the eldest son of Sir George Philips, 1st Baronet of Sedgley, near Manchester and Weston House, near Chipping Norton, Warwickshire and was educated at Eton College (1805-1808) and Trinity College, Cambridge (1808).
He was the eldest son of Sir George Philips, 1st Baronet of Sedgley, near Manchester and Weston House, near Chipping Norton, Warwickshire and was educated at Eton College (1805-1808) and Trinity College, Cambridge (1808).
Eton College; Trinity College.
He succeeded his father as 2nd Baronet on 3 October 1847. He was High Sheriff of Warwickshire for 1859-1860. Sarah Georgina Cavendish, the daughter of Richard Cavendish, 2nd Baron Waterpark.
They had two daughters, the elder of whom, Juliana, married the 2nd Earl of Camperdown and was the mother of the artist and courtier Julia, Lady Abercromby.
6th United Kingdom Parliament. 7th United Kingdom Parliament. 12th United Kingdom Parliament.
13th United Kingdom Parliament.
14th United Kingdom Parliament. 15th United Kingdom Parliament]
He was Member of Parliament (Member of Parliament) for Horsham from 1818 to 1820 (while below the age of 21), for Steyning from 1820 to 1824, for Kidderminster from 1835 to 1837, and for Poole from 1837 to 1852.