Background
Mark Philips was born at Philips Park, Whitefield, Lancashire, the son of Robert Philips, a prosperous merchant and Anne Needham.
Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom
Mark Philips was born at Philips Park, Whitefield, Lancashire, the son of Robert Philips, a prosperous merchant and Anne Needham.
He was educated at the Manchester Academy while it was in York and then at the University of Glasgow. He has been described as a "radical entrepreneur" and campaigned in favour of causes promoting non-sectarianism before entering the House of Commons. The town of Manchester was deprived of its parliamentary representation in 1660 in reprisal for its support of the Parliamentarian faction during the English Civil War.
Representation was only restored following the Great Reform Acting of 1832.
Philips and Charles Poulett Thomson were the first pair of MPs, elected in that year. He represented the city in Parliament until 1847.
In 1837 he chaired a meeting that led to the creation of the Lancashire Public Schools" Association which was instrumental in establishing a system of publicly funded schooling in the United Kingdom.
11th United Kingdom Parliament. 12th United Kingdom Parliament. 13th United Kingdom Parliament.
14th United Kingdom Parliament.