Philips baronets

{{short description|Extinct baronetcy in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom}}

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File:Escutcheon of the Philips baronets of Weston (1828).svg

The Philips Baronetcy, of Weston, was a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 21 February 1828 for George Philips.{{cite book |last1=Foster |first1=Joseph |title=The Baronetage and Knightage of the British Empire |date=1883 |publisher=Nichols and Sons |location=Westminster |pages=498–499 |url=https://archive.org/details/peeragebaronetag02fost/page/499/mode/1up}} Philips was the son of wealthy Manchester cotton manufacturer Thomas Philips (died 1811). In Parliament he sat as a Whig and represented Ilchester 1812–1818, Steyning 1818–1820, Wootton Basset 1820–30 and Warwickshire South 1832–35.{{cite web |title=Philips, George (1766–1847), of Sedgley, nr. Manchester, Lancs.; Weston House, nr. Chipping Norton, Warws. and 111 Mount Street, Grosvenor Square, Mdx., History of Parliament Online |url=https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1820-1832/member/philips-george-1766-1847 |website=www.historyofparliamentonline.org}}

He was succeeded by his son. The 2nd Baronet represented three constituencies: Horsham 1818–1820 , Steyning 1820–32, Kidderminster 1835–37 and Poole 1839–1852. He served as high sheriff of Warwickshire in 1859. He married the daughter of the 2nd Earl of Camperdown but had no male issue and the baronetcy was extinct on his demise.{{cite web |title=Philips, George Richard (1789–1883), of 12 Hill Street, Berkeley Square, Mdx., History of Parliament Online |url=https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1820-1832/member/philips-george-1789-1883 |website=www.historyofparliamentonline.org}}

The family seat was at Weston House, Long Compton, Shipston on Stour which the 1st Baronet purchased for £75000 in 1819. The house was demolished in 1934.