Philip Shelbourne

Sir Philip Shelbourne (15 June 1924 – 15 April 1993) was a British lawyer and financier.

Shelbourne was educated at Radley College. He left Radley in 1942 with a scholarship to Christ Church, Oxford, but served in the Royal Armoured Corps 1943–46 before going up to Christ Church. After graduating in jurisprudence he was a Commonwealth Fund Fellow at Harvard Law School 1949–50.[1]

As a barrister, Shelbourne specialised in tax law. He gave up the Bar in 1962 to join NM Rothschild and Sons. After leaving Rothschild in 1970 he was chairman and/or chief executive of companies including Samuel Montagu & Co. and subsequently British National Oil Corporation and its successor Britoil. His final positions were deputy chairman of the Takeover Panel and concurrently chairman of Henry Ansbacher Holdings.[2]

Shelbourne was knighted in the 1984 New Year Honours.[3] He lived at Myles Place in the cathedral close in Salisbury, Wiltshire.[4]

  1. ^ "Register, 1847-1962". Radley College Archives.
  2. ^ "Obituary: Sir Philip Shelbourne". The Independent. 6 May 1993.
  3. ^ "No. 49583". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 December 1983. p. 2.
  4. ^ "A Victorian ormolu-mounted mahogany inkstand - The estate of the late Sir Philip Shelbourne, Myles Place". Christie's. 2 February 1995. Retrieved 24 July 2024.