Sir Philip Miles, 2nd Baronet
- Sir Philip Miles, 2nd Baronet
Sir Philip John William Miles, 2nd Baronet (2 September 1825 – 5 June 1888) was an English politician. Educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge he then served in the 17th Lancers. He was High Sheriff of Bristol in 1853 and partner in the family's bank, Miles & Co from 1852 - 1854. He sat as Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for East Somerset from 1878 to 1885.
In 1878, he inherited the baronetcy of Leigh Court, Somerset, from his father William, who had previously been Conservative MP for East Somerset. He was cousin of Philip Napier Miles and Frank Miles.
He supported an amendment to the Representation of the People Act 1884 and the Franchise Bill debated earlier that year, that would have allowed votes for women who were householders on equal terms with men. The vote was defeated and women finally received the vote in the UK in 1918.
In 1848, he married Frances Roche (1827 - 1908), daughter of Sir David Roche, Bt, Roche Baronets MP for Limerick, and had the following children:
* Alice Catherine Miles (1850 - 1926) who married firstly in 1870 George Duppa, JP (1818 - 1888) and secondly in 1889 Lt Col Gerard Vivian Ames, 1st The Royal Dragoons (1853 - 1899) having six children between the two marriages.
* William John Miles (1852 - 1859).
* Edith Clara Miles(1854 - 1875) who married Charles William Mansel Lewis (1849 - 1911) Deputy Lieutenant and High Sheriff of Carmarthen and had two children.
* Mabel Constance Miles (1856 - 1944) who married Casamajor William Gaussen (chief guest at the wedding was HRH The Prince of Wales, later King Edward VII, a friend and shooting companion of Sir Philip Miles) and had issue.
* Violet Bessie Miles (1867 - 1883).
* Sir Cecil Miles, 3rd Baronet (1873 - 1898).
He died of acute laryngitis at his London house, 75 Cornwall Gardens, Kensington and was succeeded by his son, Cecil, in 1888.
References
* [http://www.thepeerage.com/p23251.htm#i232507 ThePeerage.com]
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* The diary of Alice Miles was discovered in the 1980s amongst Duppa family papers and published in 1993 in edited form and with commentary, as "Every Girl's Duty: The Diary of a Victorian Debutante".
* The Times, report of Parliamentary debate, June 12th 1884.
* The Times, obituary notice June 7th 1888.
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