Sir John Philipps, 1st Baronet (died 27 March 1629) was a Welsh landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1601.
Philipps was the son of Morgan Philipps of Picton and his wife Elizabeth Fletcher. His daughter of Richard Fletcher of Bangor, Caernarvonshire. He was registrar of the diocese of Bangor. In 1585 he succeeded to the estate of Picton Castle which had passed to his father from William Philipps who was MP for Pembrokeshire in 1559. He spent much of his life involved in property disputes. He was High Sheriff of Pembrokeshire in 1597.[1]
In 1601, Philipps was elected Member of Parliament for Pembrokeshire. He was appointed a J.P on 13 April 1603. In 1611 he was High Sheriff of Pembrokeshire again.[2] He was created a baronet on 9 November 1621.[3] He was High Sheriff of Carmarthenshire for 1622–23. Philipps died in 1629 and was buried at Slebech.[1]
- ^ a b History of Parliament Online - John Philipps
- ^ W R Williams. The Parliamentary History of the Principality of Wales. Accessed 30 November 2022.
- ^ George E. Cokayne Complete Baronetage, Vol 1 (1900)