Philip Jennings (c. 1679 – 10 February 1740) of Dudleston Hall, Shropshire was an English lawyer and politician.
He was the oldest son of Edward Jennings, QC, a barrister who later became Member of Parliament (MP) for East Looe. Philip was a nephew of Admiral Sir John Jennings. He was educated at Eton and St John's College, Cambridge. He was called to the bar at the Inner Temple in 1704 and became a bencher in 1735. He succeeded his father in 1725.
He sat in the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1715 to 1722, as MP for Queenborough.
He married twice: firstly in 1705, Diana, the daughter of Sir William Bowyer, 2nd Bt., of Denham, Buckinghamshire, with whom he had a son, who predeceased him, and a daughter and secondly in 1721, Dorothy, the daughter of George Clerke of Launde Abbey, Leicestershire, with whom he had 3 sons and 6 daughters.
References
- ^ Newman, A. N. (1970). R. Sedgwick (ed.). "JENNINGS, Philip (c. 1679 – 1740), of Dudleston, Salop". The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1715–1754. Cambridge University Press. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
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| Preceded byThomas King Charles Fotherby |
Member of Parliament for Queenborough 1715–1722 With: Thomas King |
Succeeded byJames Littleton John Cope |
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