Philip Wroughton

Philip Wroughton DL (6 April 1846 – 7 June 1910) was a British landowner and Conservative politician from Berkshire.

Born at Ibstone in Buckinghamshire, Wroughton was the son of Philip Wroughton (1805-1862) and his wife Blanche Norris, and inherited from his father the manors of Brightwalton [cite web | title=Brightwalton Parish History | url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=62680 | accessdate=2007-12-16] , Chaddleworth, and Woolley.cite web | title=Chaddleworth with Woolley Parish History | url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=62696 | accessdate=2007-12-16]

Wroughton married Evelyn Mary Neeld on 4 February 1875. They lived at Woolley Park and had eight children, including:
*Dorothy Florence Mary Wroughton, married Rev. Herbert Lavallin Puxley of Llethr Llestri in Carmarthenshire
*Mary St Quintin Wroughton (d. 9 December 1974), married Thomas Robins, 1st Baron Robins in 1912
*Philip Musgrave Neeld Wroughton (k.a. 19 April 1917, in Palestine)

He represented Berkshire in the House of Commons from 1876 until the division of that constituency in 1885, and then sat for the borough of Abingdon until 1895.

Upon his death in 1910, his son Philip inherited his estate, but was killed in 1917 during the Sinai and Palestine Campaign. Michael Lavallin Puxley, nephew of the younger Philip, then inherited the estate and changed his surname to Wroughton. Michael became the father of Philip Lavallin Wroughton, appointed Lord Lieutenant of Berkshire in 1995, and Michael's younger brother John became the father of James Puxley, appointed High Sheriff of Berkshire for 2000-2001.

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