Background
Vanderbyl was the son of Philisophy V. Vanderbyl of the Cape of Good Hope.
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Philip Vanderbyl
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Career
He trained as a doctor at the University of Edinburgh obtaining Doctor of Medicine in honours and a gold medal. He became Member Royal College of Surgeons Engineering in 1849 and Member of the Royal College of Physicians London in 1855. He retired from medical practice 1858 and went into business.
He was also on the board of directors of the Metropolitan Trading Association Limited which chartered cargo ships to carry meat, especially frozen beef, between London and the United States.
He also dealt in iron and was a Director of the East and West India Dock Company. He became one of the most wealthy and influential merchants in London.
Vanderbyl stood unsuccessfully for Parliament at Great Yarmouth in 1865. However he and his colleague were unseated in 1869 and the town was disfranchised for bribery and corruption.
In 1872 he bought an estate at Northwood Park near Winchester and by 1884 had a much larger house built there.
At the 1885 general election Vanderbyl was elected Member of Parliament for Portsmouth. However he was defeated in 1886, and was unsuccessful when he stood at by-election in January 1888 for Winchester. Vanderbyl died at the age of 64.
Vanderbyl married Sara Alexander in 1853.
Membership
19th United Kingdom Parliament. 20th United Kingdom Parliament. 23rd United Kingdom Parliament]
He was a member of the firm of Redfern Alexander and Company who were the London merchant house for many important Australian and New Zealand businesses.
In 1866 he was elected at a by-election as Member of Parliament (Member of Parliament) for Bridgewater and was re-elected in 1868.
