John Scourfield

Sir John Henry Scourfield, 1st Baronet (30 January 1808 - 3 June 1876 ) was an English Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1852 to 1876.

Life

Scourfield was born John Henry Phillips, the son of Owen Phillips of Williamstown and his wife Ann Elizabeth Scourfield, niece of William Henry Scourfield of the Mote and Robeston Hall. He was educated at Harrow School and at Oriel College, Oxford graduating BA 3rd class in classics in 1828 and MA in 1832. He was a Deputy Lieutenant and J.P. for Pembroke and chairman of the Quarter Sessions of Pembroke. He was High Sheriff of Pembrokeshire in 1833 and Lord-Lieutenant and Gustos Rotulorum of the borough of Haverfordwest. In 1862 he assumed the name of Scourfield by Royal License.[1]

At the 1852 general election Scourfield was elected Member of Parliament for Haverfordwest and held the seat until 1868. At the 1868 general election he was elected MP for Pembrokeshire and held the seat until his death aged 68 in 1876.[2] He was created baronet on 18 February 1876.

Cricket

As Philipps, he was a cricketer with amateur status who was associated with Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) and made his first-class debut in 1830.[3]

Family

Scourfield married in 1845 Augusta Phillips, daughter of John Lort Phillips of Haverfordwest and Llawrenny Park, Pembrokeshire.[1] His son Owen succeeded to the baronetcy which became extinct on his death.

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 Debretts House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1870
  2. ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "P" (part 1)
  3. ↑ "John Philipps". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 July 2013.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
John Evans		 Member of Parliament for Haverfordwest
1847 – 1852 		Succeeded by
William Edwardes


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