Philip William Skinner Miles
Member of Parliament
for Bristol
In office
22 July 1837 – 10 July 1852
Preceded byRichard Vyvyan
Philip John Miles
Succeeded byHenry FitzHardinge Berkeley
Henry Gore-Langton
Personal details
Born1816
Clifton, Bristol
Died1 October 1881(1881-10-01) (aged 64–65)
Kingsweston, Bristol
NationalityBritish
Political partyConservative

Philip William Skinner Miles (1816 – 1 October 1881),[1] sometimes spelled Skynner Miles, was a British Conservative politician.[2][3]

He was the son of Bristol Member of Parliament (MP) Philip John Miles and Clarissa née Peach.

Miles was elected a Conservative MP for Bristol at the 1837 general election and held the seat until 1852 when he did not seek re-election.[4][2][3]

Miles was appointed High Sheriff of Gloucestershire for 1863.[5] He was Chairman of the Port and Pier Railway Company.

Family life

In 1846 Miles married Pamela Adelaide Napier (1823-1910), daughter of Lieutenant-General Sir William Francis Patrick Napier and Caroline Amelia Fox. They had one child, Philip Napier Miles (1865–1935).[3][5] Miles died on 1 October 1881 at Kings Weston House aged 65.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Rayment, Leigh (4 October 2017). "The House of Commons: Constituencies beginning with "B"". Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page. Archived from the original on 27 August 2018. Retrieved 24 December 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. 1 2 Stooks Smith, Henry (1845). The Parliaments of England, from 1st George I., to the Present Time. Vol II: Oxfordshire to Wales Inclusive. London: Simpkin, Marshall, & Co. pp. 31–34. Retrieved 29 October 2018 – via Google Books.
  3. 1 2 3 Lundy, Darryl (24 March 2015). "Philip William Skynner Miles". The Peerage. Archived from the original on 27 August 2019. Retrieved 24 December 2019.
  4. ↑ Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. p. 221. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.
  5. 1 2 3 "Bristol and Clifton News". Bath Chronicle and Weekly Gazette. 6 October 1881. p. 3.
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