Philip Pusey
- See Philip E. Pusey (d.1880) for the Syriac scholar
Philip Pusey (25 June 1799 – 9 July 1855) was a reforming agriculturalist, a Tory Member of Parliament (MP) and a friend and follower of Sir Robert Peel.
Pusey stood for election in Rye at a by-election in 1830 and was originally declared elected,[1][2] but following an election petition he was unseated by an order of the House of Commons[1] on 17 May 1830. He did not contest Rye at the 1830 general election, when he was elected as a Member for Chippenham.[3] He did not contest Chippenham at the 1831 election, and stood instead in Rye. After riots in the town hall, Pusey agreed to withdraw from the election in return for a guarantee from General De Lacy Evans to protect the peace of the town; Evans won the seat.[1]
Pusey was then returned at an uncontested by-election[4] in July 1831 for the borough of Cashel in Ireland,[5] and held that seat until the 1832 general election, when he stood unsuccessfully in Berkshire.[6] He was elected without a contest[6] from Berkshire at the 1835 general election,[7] and held the seat until he retired from the House of Commons at the 1852 general election.[6]
He was one of the founders of the Royal Agricultural Society, and was chairman of the agricultural implement section of the Great Exhibition of 1851. He was a fellow of the Royal Society, a writer on varied topics in the Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society and the author of the hymn Lord of our Life and God of our Salvation.[8]
He was the elder brother of the churchman Edward Bouverie Pusey. He married Lady Emily Herbert, daughter of Henry Herbert, 2nd Earl of Carnarvon, in 1822.[9] He succeeded to the Manor of Pusey in Berkshire in 1828, and built a reputation as a progressive and practical farmer. Disraeli called him "one of the most distinguished country gentlemen who ever sat in the House of Commons"[10]
Pusey's most notable contribution to farming was the development of a system of using lush water-meadows to support large flocks of ewes and early-maturing lambs. He was an early advocate of the use of earthenware drainpipes for field drainage.[11]
He was appointed as a Deputy Lieutenant of Berkshire in January 1831,[12] and was nominated as High Sheriff of Berkshire in November 1833[13] and again in November 1834.[14]
References
- ^ a b c Stooks Smith, Henry. (1973) [1844–1850]. Craig, F. W. S. (ed.). The Parliaments of England (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 348. ISBN 0-900178-13-2.
- ^ "No. 18661". The London Gazette. 5 March 1830.
- ^ "No. 18720". The London Gazette. 24 August 1830.
- ^ Brian M. Walker, ed. (1978). Parliamentary election results in Ireland 1801–1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. p. 202. ISBN 0-901714-12-7.
- ^ "No. 18828". The London Gazette. 26 July 1831.
- ^ a b c Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 353. ISBN 0-900178-26-4.
- ^ "No. 19232". The London Gazette. 23 January 1835.
- ^ Oremus Hymnal
- ^ "thepeerage.com Person Page 17110". Retrieved 7 November 2008.
- ^ Victoria County History of Berkshire: Pusey
- ^ Caird, J. (1852) English agriculture in 1850–51 pp 107–13, cited in the Dictionary of National Biography
- ^ "No. 18814". The London Gazette. 17 June 1831.
- ^ "No. 19102". The London Gazette. 15 November 1833.
- ^ "No. 19210". The London Gazette. 14 November 1834.
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