Edmund Phipps (British Army officer)

General Edmund Phipps (7 April 1760 – 14 September 1837) was a senior British Army officer and Member of Parliament.^[1]

He was born in

Constantine John Phipps, 2nd Baron Mulgrave, Hon. Charles Phipps and Henry Phipps, 1st Earl of Mulgrave. He was educated at Eton College (1771–73) and St John's College, Cambridge

(1778-80).

He entered the Army in 1780 as an ensign in the 85th Regiment of Foot, became a lieutenant in the

60th (Royal American) Regiment of Foot

(later the Kings Royal Rifle Corps), a position he held until his death. He was made full general on 12 August 1819.

He also held the positions of Paymaster and Inspector-General of the Marines (1810-1812) and Clerk of the Deliveries of the Ordnance (1812-30).

When his elder brother was elevated to the peerage he inherited his Parliamentary seat for Scarborough, holding the seat himself from 1794 to 1818. He was subsequently elected to represent Queenborough from 1818 to 1820 and Scarborough again from 1820 to 1832.

He died unmarried in 1837 in Venice.

References

^ "PHIPPS, Hon. Edmund (1760-1837), of Mulgrave Castle, Yorks". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 29 May 2017.

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Hon. Henry Phipps Earl of Tyrconnell	Lord Robert Manners 1802–1806 Charles Manners-Sutton 1806–1818	Succeeded by Charles Manners-Sutton Viscount Normanby
Preceded by Robert Moorsom Sir John Osborn, Bt	Member of Parliament for Queenborough 1818–1820 With: Robert Moorsom	Succeeded by Hon. John Villiers George Peter Holford
Preceded by Charles Manners-Sutton Viscount Normanby	Member of Parliament for Scarborough 1820–1832 With: Charles Manners-Sutton	Succeeded by Sir John Vanden-Bempde-Johnstone, Bt Sir George Cayley, Bt

[1] "PHIPPS, Hon. Edmund (1760-1837), of Mulgrave Castle, Yorks". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 29 May 2017.

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