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Laurence Philipps, 1st Baron Milford

Laurence Richard Philipps, 1st Baron Milford, was a British peer. He was a founder and chairman of the shipping company Court Line.

Public life
In Hampshire in 1910 he became a justice of the peace and for 1915 was high sheriff. In 1918, he became a Justice of the Peace for Radnorshire. ==Horse racing==
Horse racing
As a racehorse owner and stud owner, Philipps was a member of the Jockey Club, he also founded Tote Investors which was later acquired by the Horse Race Totalisator Board and then nationalised in 1939 as The Tote. ==Family life==
Family life
Lord Milford married Ethel Georgina, daughter of Reverend Benjamin Speke, in 1901. He died in December 1962, aged 88, and was succeeded in his titles by his eldest son Wogan. In his later years, he had political friction with Wogan, who was a member of the Communist Party of Great Britain. Lady Milford died in 1971. ==Arms==
Arms
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