Robert Phelips (Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster)
Robert Phelips (1 February 1619 – 21 June 1707) was a
Early life
Phelips was the second son of
Civil War and Interregnum
Like his elder brother Edward Phelips Phelips became an officer in the Royalist army during the English Civil War.[1] He was a colonel of horse in the Royalist army from 1643. He was present at the siege of Wardour Castle in late 1643 where he was opposed by his friend Edmund Ludlow. In 1645 he was captured at Bridgwater, Somerset. He held little property and was not brought before the committee for compounding.[2] In 1649 he was one of the leaders of the western association,[2] and helped Charles II to escape after the Battle of Worcester.[3]
In 1653 he planned to support a royalist invasion by capturing a seaport to be used as a beachhead, but was arrested. He escaped and went abroad to the Court in exile, revisiting England once in disguise. He was appointed groom of the bedchamber to the Duke of Gloucester in 1656 until the Duke's death in 1660.[2]
Post Restoration
Phelips became a Freeman of
Phelips died at the age of 88 and was buried in Bath Abbey.[1]
Family
Phelips married his cousin Agneta Gorges, daughter of Sir Robert Gorges of Redlynch, sometime before 1653. They had two sons and three daughters.[2]
Notes
- ^ a b c Pollard 1896, p. 145.
- ^ a b c d e f Watson 1983.
- ^ Pollard 1896, p. 145 states that the notes Phelips drew up of Charles's escape are in Addit. MS. 31955, f. 16.
References
- Pollard, Albert Frederick (1896). Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 45. London: Smith, Elder & Co. pp. 144–145. – Mentioned in the last paragraph of his father's biography, . In
- Watson, Paula (1983). "PHELIPS (PHILLIPS), Robert (1619-1707), of Redlynch, Som. and Whitehall". In Henning, B.D. (ed.). The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1660-1690. Boydell and Brewer.