Philip Stephens

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Sir Philip Stephens, 1st Baronet (11 October 172320 November 1809) was First Secretary of the Admiralty in the late 1700s and later a Lord Commissioner of the British Admiralty between 1795 and 1806. A friend of Captain James Cook, the Pacific atoll of Caroline Island is named for his daughter.

Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by
Edmund Nugent
Philip Stanhope
Member for Liskeard
with Philip Stanhope 1759–1761
Anthony Champion 1761–1768

1759–1768
Succeeded by
Edward Eliot
Samuel Salt
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
The Viscount Conyngham
George Hay
Member for Sandwich
with The Viscount Conyngham 1768–1774
William Hey 1774–1776
Charles Brett 1776–1780
Sir Richard Sutton, Bt 1780–1784
Charles Brett 1784–1790
Sir Horatio Mann 1790–1806

1768–1806
Succeeded by
Sir Horatio Mann
Thomas Fremantle
Baronetage of Great Britain
Preceded by
New Creation
Baronet
(of Horsford)
1795–1809
Succeeded by
Extinct