Henry Phipps, 1st Earl of Mulgrave

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Henry Phipps, 1st Earl of Mulgrave

Henry Phipps, 1st Earl of Mulgrave ( February 14, 1755 -  April 7, 1831 ) was a British general and politician .

Life

Phipps was trained at Eton College and Middle Temple and joined the British Army in 1775 . Here he was promoted to general. He served in the Caribbean during the American Revolutionary War . In 1784 he was elected to the British House of Commons for the constituency of Totnes . Here he supported the policies of Pitts , with whom he gradually became close friends. In 1790 he was elected to Scarborough , Yorkshire .

On the death of his brother Constantine Phipps, 2nd Baron Mulgrave , in 1792 he inherited the title of Baron Mulgrave in the Peerage of Ireland , which the father had received, but not the British title of the same name . For this reason he could remain a member of the House of Commons.

In 1793 Phipps was on a mission to King Viktor Amadeus III. sent from Sardinia to Turin . He was therefore briefly in command of the British land troops in front of Toulon , which were just taking the city. However, after the arrival of senior officers, he was replaced.

A year later Phipps - like his brother - received the barony again in the Peerage of Great Britain, which was connected to a seat in the House of Lords . In 1799 Phipps was sent to a special military mission that led him to the headquarters of the Austrian troops under Archduke Karl , where he was supposed to persuade the Austrians to stay in Switzerland, contrary to their plans to go to the Middle Rhine. However, his efforts were in vain.

Phipps also supported Pitt after his resignation from Prime Minister 1801 and received in return for his loyalty the office of Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (1804-1805) in Pitt's second government. From 1805 to 1806 he was British Foreign Secretary ; he helped Pitt form the third coalition against Napoleon I.

After Pitt's death and the formation of the new government ( government of all talents ), Mulgrave went into the opposition along with the other Pitt supporters, but returned to various offices after the Pitt followers came back to power:

As First Lord of the Admiralty, he was involved in the preparations for the successful bombing of Copenhagen (1807) and the disastrous Walcheren expedition (1809). After taking over the post of General Feldzeugmeister, Phipps was less politically active.

In 1812 he was promoted to Earl of Mulgrave . Henry Phipps died on April 7, 1831.

family

Since 1795 he was married to Martha Sophia Maling. He had five children with her.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Powicke & Fryde: Handbook of British Chronology. Second Edition, London, 1961, p. 141
  2. ^ Powicke & Fryde: Handbook of British Chronology. Second Edition, London, 1961, p. 116
  3. ^ Powicke & Fryde: Handbook of British Chronology. Second Edition, London, 1961, p. 134

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predecessor Office successor
Constantine John Phipps Baron Mulgrave (Ireland)
1792-1831 		Constantine Henry Phipps
New title created Baron Mulgrave (Great Britain)
1794–1831 		Constantine Henry Phipps
New title created Earl of Mulgrave
1812-1831 		Constantine Henry Phipps
Thomas Grenville First Lord of the Admiralty
1807–1810 		Charles Philip Yorke
personal data
SURNAME Phipps, Henry, 1st Earl of Mulgrave
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Phipps, Henry, 3rd Baron Mulgrave
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British general and politician
DATE OF BIRTH February 14, 1755
DATE OF DEATH April 7, 1831