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Constantine Phipps, I barone Mulgrave (22 agosto 1722 – 13 settembre 1775), è stato un nobile irlandese. Biografia
Constantine Phipps, 1st Baron Mulgrave was the son of Lady Catherine Annesley and William Phipps and grandson of Sir Constantine Henry Phipps (1656–1723), who served as Lord Chancellor of Ireland from 1710 to 1714.
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Phipps was born on 30 May 1744, the eldest son of Constantine Phipps, 1st Baron Mulgrave and his wife, Lepel Hervey, the eldest daughter of John 2nd Baron Hervey of Ickworth and Mary 'Molly' Lepel. Phipps attended Eton College, where he befriended Joseph Banks, the English naturalist, botanist, and later patron of the natural sciences.
In January 1759, he joined the 70-gun HMS Monmouth as a cadet under his uncle Captain Augustus Hervey during Hervey's 21-week watch on the French fleet in 1759. Phipps remained with his uncle on the latter's appointment to the 74-gun HMS Dragon in 1761, and was present at the British expedition against Martinique. His good service led to his promot...
Phipps was elected to Parliament in the 1768 general election as Member for the constituency of Lincoln. On 4 June 1773 Phipps set off from Deptford on a voyage towards the North Pole. He had two ships, the Racehorse and the Carcass. Phipps took with him Dr Charles Irving as naturalist and doctor accompanied by Olaudah Equiano, and Israel Lyons (17...
Phipps remained as MP for Huntingdon until 1784, when he became MP for Newark. In April that year he became Paymaster of the Forces and on 18 May he was appointed a commissioner for the affairs of India, and one of the Lords of Trade and Plantations, until being forced to resign in 1791 due to ill health. In 1790 he was made Baron Mulgrave of Mulgr...
Works by Constantine Phipps, 2nd Baron Mulgrave at Biodiversity Heritage LibraryWorks by Constantine Phipps, 2nd Baron Mulgrave at Open LibraryWorks by or about Constantine Phipps, 2nd Baron Mulgrave at Internet ArchiveConstantine Phipps. Constantine John Phipps, secondo barone Mulgrave, PV (19 maggio 1744 – Liegi, 10 ottobre 1792), è stato un esploratore inglese e ufficiale della Royal Navy. Biografia. Partecipò alla guerra dei sette anni e alla guerra d'indipendenza americana.
Egli succedette al padre come conte di Mulgrave nel 1831. Fu mandato come governatore della Giamaica ed è stato poi nominato Lord Luogotenente d'Irlanda (1835-1839). Egli è stato creato marchese di Normanby il 25 giugno 1838.
On the death of his father in 1775, Phipps succeeded as second Baron Mulgrave and was later created a peer of Great Britain as Baron Mulgrave in 1790. In 1777, he won the parliamentary seat for Huntingdon and was appointed a lord of the Admiralty.
Constantine John Phipps, Baron Mulgrave (1744 - 1792) RA Collection: People and Organisations Naval Officer and Politician. Profile. Born: 1744 Died: 1792. Gender: Male. Share
