Philip William Skinner Miles (1816 – 1 October 1881),[1] sometimes spelled Skynner Miles, was a British Conservative politician.[2][3]
Philip William Skinner Miles | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament for Bristol | |
| In office 22 July 1837 – 10 July 1852 Serving with Henry FitzHardinge Berkeley | |
| Preceded by | Richard Vyvyan Philip John Miles |
| Succeeded by | Henry FitzHardinge Berkeley Henry Gore-Langton |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1816 Clifton, Bristol |
| Died | 1 October 1881 (aged 64–65) Kingsweston, Bristol |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
He was the son of Bristol Member of Parliament (MP) Philip John Miles and Clarissa née Peach.
Miles was elected a Conservative MP for Bristol at the 1837 general election and held the seat until 1852 when he did not seek re-election.[4][2][3]
Miles was appointed High Sheriff of Gloucestershire for 1863.[5] He was Chairman of the Port and Pier Railway Company.
Family life
editIn 1846 Miles married Pamela Adelaide Napier (1823-1910), daughter of Lieutenant-General Sir William Francis Patrick Napier and Caroline Amelia Fox. They had one child, Philip Napier Miles (1865–1935).[3][5] Miles died on 1 October 1881 at Kings Weston House aged 65.[5]
References
edit- ^ Rayment, Leigh (4 October 2017). "The House of Commons: Constituencies beginning with "B"". Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page. Archived from the original on 27 August 2018. Retrieved 24 December 2019.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ a b Stooks Smith, Henry (1845). The Parliaments of England, from 1st George I., to the Present Time. Vol II: Oxfordshire to Wales Inclusive. London: Simpkin, Marshall, & Co. pp. 31–34. Retrieved 29 October 2018 – via Google Books.
- ^ a b c Lundy, Darryl (24 March 2015). "Philip William Skynner Miles". The Peerage. Archived from the original on 27 August 2019. Retrieved 24 December 2019.
- ^ Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. p. 221. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.
- ^ a b c "Bristol and Clifton News". Bath Chronicle and Weekly Gazette. 6 October 1881. p. 3.