Constituency : Wednesbury 1886-92, Burnley 1893-1900, Harborough 1904-06
Philip took Wednesbury from the Tories.
Philip was a younger son of Earl Stanhope. Two of his brothers were Conservative politicians. He joined the Royal Navy and rose to the rank of lieutenant.
Philip was defeated in 1892 but came back in at Burnley the following year. He was a prominent opponent of the Boer War , putting down an amendment criticising the government's handling of the Boer negotiations in 1899. That probably cost him his seat in 1900.
Philip returned once more for Harborough in 1904.
Philip never actually spoke in the Commons.
Philip stood down in 1906 and was elevated to the peerage as Baron Weardale.
Philip continued his pacifist activities, chairing the International Peace Conference in Leicester in 1910 and leading the British group in the Inter Parliamentary Union . He was the IPU President from 1912 to 1922. He was also president of the Save the Children Fund.
Philip was joint president with Lord Curzon of the National League for Opposing Women's Suffrage and was attacked with a dog whip at Euston in 1914 although his assailant actually mistook him for Asquith.
He died in 1923 aged 75.
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