Philip John Miles

English merchant, banker and politician (1774-1845) · Politicians · Died at 71

Philip John Miles (1773-1845) was an English landowner, slave owner, merchant, shipowner, banker and politician from Bristol.

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1845Died24 March 18451835Named Member of the 12th Parliament of the United KingdomOffice6 January 1835 to 17 July 18371831Named Member of the 10th Parliament of the United KingdomOffice28 April 1831 to 3 December 18321830Named Member of the 9th Parliament of the United KingdomOffice29 July 1830 to 23 April 18311829Named Member of the 8th Parliament of the United KingdomOffice6 March 1829 to 24 July 18301820Named Member of the 7th Parliament of the United KingdomOffice29 November 1820 to 2 June 18261817Named High Sheriff of SomersetOffice1 January 1817 to 1 January 18181774Born

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Through his banking interests he found himself on the register of owners of slaves on plantations in Jamaica though only as mortgagee in possession in cases when his bank had taken possession of plantations through the default of their owners on mortgage payments. He left an estate of over £1.2 million, making him the first recorded millionaire of Bristol.

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