| Authorised form of name | Philipps; Sir; Erasmus (1699 - 1743) |
| Dates | 1699 - 1743 |
| Nationality | British |
| Date of birth | 08 November 1699 |
| Place of death | River Avon, near Bath, Somerset |
| Date of death | 15 October 1743 |
| Activity | Education:
Pembroke College, Oxford (matriculated 1720); Lincoln's Inn (admitted 1721)
Career:
MP for Haverfordwest (1726-death); Trustee of the Georgia Society (1732); travelled to Italy for the sake of his health (1739); drowned on his way home from Bath, after his horse was frightened by some pigs and threw him into the Avon
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 15/02/1727 |
| Proposer | Robert Hucks |
| William Rutty |
| James Jurin |
| Relationships | Son of Sir John Philipps, Bart, of St Martin-in-the-Fields, Westminster, and Picton Castle; succeeded his father as 5th Bart (1737); unmarried |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; Foster; Sedgwick; GEC Baronetage
References:
Gentleman's Magazine 1743, p554 (obituary)
London Magazine 1743, p518 (obituary) |
| Code | NA499 |