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Sir George Philips, 1st Baronet (24 March 1766 – 3 October 1847)〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Baronetcies beginning with "P", part2 )〕 was an English textile industrialist and politician. He was closely associated with Manchesterism and has been described as the "unofficial member for Manchester", though not formally representing it. == Biography == Philips came from an old Staffordshire family that had held manors there since the reign of Edward VI of England, and were seated at Heath House in the same county since the early seventeenth century, that continued to be lived in by his cousins. George's father, Thomas Philips (1728–1811) of Sedgley, Lancashire, established a cotton manufacturing company in Manchester. George was brought up in the dissenting tradition. Towards the end of the eighteenth century he joined forces with Samuel Boddington and "Conversation" Sharp (alias Richard Sharp (politician)) to form the West India company of 'Boddington, Sharp and Philips' which was based at 15 Mark Lane, London.〔for further information see Knapman, D. - 'Conversation Sharp - The Biography of a London Gentleman, Richard Sharp (1759–1835), in Letters, Prose and Verse'. (Private Publication, 2004)〕 As fellow Dissenters, the three partners shared many common interests. Philips enjoyed writing poetry and he was especially pleased with his ''Epistle from Windemere to Richd. Sharp Esq.'', which was proudly shown to such friends as James Mackintosh, Samuel Rogers, and William Wordsworth. Boddington and Philips followed Sharp's example by becoming dissenting Whig Members of Parliament and in time Philips gained a reputation for his fine oratory, speaking in the House on several occasions in opposition to regulating child labour in the cotton mills. In Parliament he sat as a Whig and represented Ilchester 1812, Steyning 1818-1820, Wootton Bassett 1820-30. Philips was an MP for Warwickshire South following the Reform Act until 1835. He is pictured in a commemorative painting by Sir George Hayter of the 1833 parliament.〔(The House of Commons in 1833 ), Sir George Hayter, National Portrait Gallery, accessed 9 January 2009〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sir George Philips, 1st Baronet」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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