PHILLIPS, Charles (c.1720-74), of Camelford, Cornw.

Family and Education

b. c. 1720, s. of John Phillips, a Camelford attorney, by his w. Elizabeth Pomeroy; bro. of Jonathan Phillips. m. da. and coh. of John Speccot Long of Penheald, Cornw., s.p.1Gilbert, Parochial Hist. Cornw. i. 130.

Offices Held

Recorder, Camelford 1761 – d.

Address

Main residence: Camelford, Cornw.

biography text

Phillips succeeded his father about 1747 as Thomas Pitt’s parliamentary manager at Camelford, and gradually secured complete control of the borough in his own interest. In the House he was a regular Government supporter, and in the division lists never appears as one of the Opposition. Apparently he never spoke in the House. He died 16 Oct. 1774.

Author

L.B.N.

Volume

Commons 1754-1790

Notes

1. Gilbert, Parochial Hist. Cornw. i. 130.