Philip Metcalfe
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Philip Metcalfe (29 August 1733 – 10 August 1818) was a distiller in London, UK and member of Parliament from Horsham from 1784. He represented Plympton Erle, Devon from 1790 to 1796 and Malmesbury Wiltshire from 1796.
He was also a collector and a patron of the arts, and a friend of Samuel Johnson. He sat for two portraits that are archived in the National Portrait Gallery: one by Pompeo Batoni and one by William Evans (after Edward Scott).
He served as an executor of the estate of painter Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723–1792), along with Edmund Burke and Edmond Malone.
Between 1815 and 1817 he erected a new mill, the Clock Mill at Three Mills.
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- Metcalfe, Philip, 1735-1818. Papers concerning the Sir Joshua Reynolds estate: Guide.
- The Three Mills distillery in the Georgian era by Keith Fairclough (PDF)
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- NPG page
- Life of Johnson, Volume 4 by James Boswell
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page
| Parliament of Great Britain | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Sir George Osborn, Bt James Crauford |
Member of Parliament for Horsham with Jeremiah Crutchley 1784–1790 |
Succeeded by Timothy Shelley Wilson Braddyll |
| Preceded by John Stephenson John Pardoe |
Member of Parliament for Plympton Erle with The Earl of Carhampton 1790–1794 William Manning 1794–1796 1790–1796 |
Succeeded by William Adams William Mitchell |
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
| Preceded by Samuel Smith Peter Isaac Thellusson |
Member of Parliament for Malmesbury with Peter Isaac Thellusson 1796–1802 |
Succeeded by Claude Scott Samuel Scott |
