Sir Philip Stott, 1st Baronet

Sir Philip Sidney Stott, 1st Baronet (20 February 1858–31 March 1937) was an English architect, civil engineer and surveyor.

Stott was born in Chadderton. He was educated at Oldham High School and then joined the family firm, which had offices in Oldham and Manchester. In 1883 he set up his own business, specialising in the design of cotton mills. Many of his designs were erected in Lancashire and across the world, especially in India and the Far East. He also became a director of numerous Lancashire cotton spinning firms.

Just before the outbreak of the First World War Stott moved to Stanton Court, Broadway, Worcestershire, and began to devote much of his time to the Conservative Party and to the protection of the countryside. He was created a baronet in the 1920 Birthday Honours.

In 1923 he presented Overtone Park, Northamptonshire, to the Conservative Party to be used as a training college for speakers and election agents. It was named the Philip Stott College. However, it closed in 1929 and its work was transferred to the Bonar Law College. Stott claimed that it had never been given enough support and in May 1935 resigned from the presidency of the Cirencester-Tewkesbury Conservative and Unionist Association, citing differences with the party leadership over Indian policy.

References

*Obituary, "The Times", 2 April 1937
*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). "Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage" (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
* [http://www.angeltowns.com/town/peerage/ Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page]