Person Phipps; Constantine John (1744 - 1792); Baron Mulgrave Phipps Constantine John 1744 - 1792 Male May 1744 Liege 10 October 1792

Career: 1760, he entered the navy. Served at the reduction of Martinique and St Lucia; on 17 March 1762 promoted to Lieutenant and took part in the reduction of Havana. In 1768 he was elected Member of Parliament for Lincoln, and from 1777 to 1784 Member of Parliament for Huntingdon, as well as one of the lords of the Admiralty. In 1773 he commanded the 'Racehorse', which with the 'Carcass' was fitted out to attempt to discover a northern route to India, although the expedition only sailed to the north of Spitzbergen because the sea was absolutely blocked with ice. In 1784 he became Member of Parliament for Newark on Trent. In the same year he was appointed joint paymaster general of the forces, a Commissioner for the Affairs of India, and one of the lords of 'Trades and Plantations'. He was a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, and instrumental in founding the 'Society for the Improvement of Naval Architecture'. Honours: Baron 1790 Brother of Augustus Phipps (FRS 1812); succeeded to the Irish title of 2nd Baron Mulgrave in 1775, 15 years before being created a peer of Great Britain under the same title in 1790, known as Baron Mulgrave. he married, in 1767, Anne Elizabeth, youngest daughter of Nathaniel Cholmeley of Howsham in Yorkshire Royal Society roles: VP 1778-1792 Fellow 12/12/1771 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB Journal Book meeting of 12 December 1771 records that ' The Honourable Constantine Phipps, Son to Lord Mulgrave of the Kingdom of Ireland, was proposed as a Member by Joseph Banks Esquire and being balloted for immediately according to the proviso in the Statute was chosen a Member of the Society, and having further paid his admission fee, and the sum of seventy six guineas in lieu of contributions, he also signed the obligation in the Charter Book and was admitted Fellow'. References: Averil M Lysaght, 'Joseph Banks at Skara Brae and Stennis, Orkney, 1772' in NR 1973-4 vol 28 pp 221-234 L B Glyn, 'Israel Lyons: a short but starry career. The life of an eighteenth-century Jewish botanist and astronomer' in NR 2002 vol 56 pp 275-305 International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 His diary was printed as 'A Journal of the Voyage to the North Pole' 1773. Also published 'A Voyage towards the North Pole' 1774 May 1744 - 10 Oct 1792 NA2654 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes 328d0b7e-4942-44a9-8e82-ce1a586f786e