Sir Philip John William Miles, 2nd Baronet (2 September 1825 – 5 June 1888) was an English politician. Educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge,[1] he then served in the 17th Lancers. He was a sheriff of Bristol in 1853 and partner in the family's bank, Miles & Co from 1852 - 1854. He sat as Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for East Somerset from 1878 to 1885.
In 1878, he inherited the baronetcy of Leigh Court, Somerset, from his father William, who had previously been Conservative MP for East Somerset. He was cousin of Philip Napier Miles, Frank Miles and Katharine Tennant.
He supported an amendment to the Representation of the People Act 1884 and the Franchise Bill debated earlier that year, that would have allowed votes for women who were householders on equal terms with men. The vote was defeated and women finally received the vote in the UK in 1918.
| Miles Baronets, of Leigh Court | |
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| Arms | Azure a chevron paly of six ermine and or between three lozenges argent each charged with a fleur-de-lis sable, in chief upon an inescutcheon argent a sinister hand appaume coupled at the wrist gules |
| Crest | Upon a helm barry affronte with visor open a dexter arm embowed in armour proper garnished or supporting with the hand an anchor also proper |
| Motto | Labora sicut bonus miles |
In 1848, he married Frances Roche (1827 - 1908), daughter of Sir David Roche, Bt, Roche Baronets MP for Limerick, and had the following children:
He died of acute laryngitis at his London house, 75 Cornwall Gardens, Kensington and was succeeded by his son, Cecil, in 1888. His widow subsequently remarried an American from St Louis, Missouri, Dr John Nicholls, in 1904 and they lived at Maidenhead, Berkshire and she died in 1908.
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded by Ralph Neville-Grenville and Richard Paget |
Member of Parliament for East Somerset 1878 – 1885 With: Ralph Shuttleworth Allen |
Succeeded by Ralph Shuttleworth Allen and Richard Bright |
| Baronetage of the United Kingdom | ||
| Preceded by William Miles |
Baronet (of Leigh Court, Somerset) 1878 – 1888 |
Succeeded by Cecil Miles |
