Philip Oxenden Papillon

Philip Oxenden Papillon (1 August 1826 – 16 August 1899)[1] was a British Conservative politician.

Philip Oxenden Papillon
Philip Oxenden Papillon, 1861 photograph
Member of Parliament
for Colchester
In office
30 April 1859 – 13 July 1865
Preceded byJohn Gurdon Rebow
Taverner John Miller
Succeeded byJohn Gurdon Rebow
Taverner John Miller
Personal details
Born1 August 1826
Died16 August 1899(1899-08-16) (aged 73)
NationalityBritish
Political partyConservative

Life edit

He was the son of Thomas Papillon of Acrise and his wife Frances Mary Oxenden, daughter of Sir Henry Oxenden, 7th Baronet.[2] He was educated at Rugby School from 1841, and matriculated at University College, Oxford in 1844, graduating B.A. in 1848 and M.A. in 1851.[3][4] He was called to the bar at the Inner Temple in 1852.[5]

Papillon was elected Conservative MP for Colchester at the 1859 general election and held the seat until 1865 when he stood for re-election but was defeated.[6]

Family edit

 
Emily Caroline Garnier, 1862 photograph

Papillon married in 1862 Emily Caroline Garnier, third daughter of Thomas Garnier.[7]

References edit

  1. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 5)
  2. ^ Metcalfe, Walter Charles (1879). The Visitations of Essex by Hawley, 1552; Hervey, 1558; Cooke, 1570; Raven, 1612; and Owen and Lilly, 1634. To which are Added Miscellaneous Essex Pedigrees from Various Harleian Manuscripts: And an Appendix Containing Berry's Essex Pedigrees. Vol. 2. Mitchell and Hughes. p. 691.
  3. ^ Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). "Papillon, Philip Oxenden" . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
  4. ^ Rugby School Register. From 1675 to 1867 inclusive. With alphabetical index. [Edited by F. Temple, Bishop of Exeter.]. 1867. p. 128.
  5. ^ Walford, Edward (1860). The county families of the United Kingdom; or, Royal manual of the titled and untitled aristocracy of Great Britain and Ireland. 1st-4th, 6th, 12th-18th, 20th-58th, 60th ed. p. 493.
  6. ^ Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (e-book) (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.
  7. ^ Kelly's Handbook to the Upper Ten Thousand for ...: Containing about Twenty Thousand Names of the Titled, Landed and Official Classes. Kelly and Company. 1878. p. 451.

External links edit

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Colchester
18591865
With: Taverner John Miller
Succeeded by