Philip Meadowes

Sir Philip Meadowes or Meadows (1672–1757) was an English politician and diplomat.[1]

Life

He was baptised on 21 May 1672, the second son of Sir Philip Meadows of Chattisham, Suffolk and his wife Constance Lucy. He studied at Trinity College, Oxford, matriculating 1689, and at Lincoln's Inn which he entered in 1690.[1]

Meadowes entered parliament as member for Tregony in 1698.[1] He was a commissioner of excise from 1698 to 1700. He was on 2 July 1700 appointed Knight Marshal of the king's household, and was knighted by William III on 23 December 1700 at Hampton Court.[2] His position as Knight Marshal was bought from Lord Jersey.[3] He returned to parliament as member for Truro in 1702, and was elected again for Tregony in 1705.[1]

In December 1706 Meadowes succeeded James Stanhope as envoy to Holland. He was in 1707 despatched on a special mission to Emperor Joseph I, and during his absence was appointed controller of army accounts; in November 1708 he presented a memorial to the Emperor in favour of the Protestants of Silesia. He was succeeded by Lord Raby in August 1709.[2]

Later Meadowes resided at Richmond, Surrey. He died at Brompton on 5 December 1757.[2]

Family

Meadowes married Dorothy, sister of Hugh Boscawen, 1st Viscount Falmouth. They had three sons and five daughters, including:

Notes
  1. "Meadowes, Philip (16721757), of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Mdx., History of Parliament Online". Retrieved 23 May 2017.
  2. Lee, Sidney, ed. (1894). "Meadows, Philip" . Dictionary of National Biography. 37. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
  3. Venning, Timothy. "Meadows, Sir Philip". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/18479. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
Attribution

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Lee, Sidney, ed. (1894). "Meadows, Philip". Dictionary of National Biography. 37. London: Smith, Elder & Co.

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