Philip Colfox
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The Right Honourable Sir Philip Colfox MC DL JP |
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Member of Parliament for North Dorset |
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In office 14 December 1918 – 15 November 1922 |
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| Preceded by | Randolf Littlehales Baker |
| Succeeded by | John Emlyn-Jones |
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Member of Parliament for West Dorset |
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In office 15 November 1922 – 21 June 1941 |
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| Preceded by | Robert Williams |
| Succeeded by | Simon Wingfield Digby |
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William Phillip Colfox 25 February 1888 Bridport, Dorset, United Kingdom |
| Died | 8 November 1966 (aged 78) Symondsbury, Dorset, United Kingdom |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Mary Bullen (1920-1966; his death) |
| Relations | Bert Colfox (great-grandfather) |
| Children | 4 |
| Alma mater | Eton College |
| Occupation | Politician, farmer, former soldier |
Lieutenant-Colonel Sir William Philip Colfox, 1st Baronet, PC, MC, DL, JP (25 February 1888 – 8 November 1966) was an English soldier, farmer and Conservative Party politician.
Colfox was the son of Colonel Thomas Alfred Colfox of Coneygar, Bridport, and Constance, daughter of Edward John Nettlefold of Hallfield, Birmingham. Born in Bridport, Dorset, he was educated at Eton College and at Woolwich. Serving in 132 Royal Field Artillery (RFA) in Fermoy 1908-9 and Ewshott 1909-12 he joined 14 RFA at Allahabad 1912-14 and Secunderabad 1914. He served as a Major in France and Belgium in 128, 130, 129, G/38, 6DAC and D/162 RFA during World War I, and was wounded twice in 1917, receiving a Military Cross. He then taught classics and mathematics at Eton for the rest of World War I. In later life, when fully retired, he taught mathematics to children in Bridport as a volunteer.
His father had started as a Liberal, but Colfox followed his mother's family — which included Joseph Chamberlain (Founder of the National Liberal Federation, Liberal Unionist Association and National Radical Union), his sons Austen and Neville Chamberlain — first to become Liberal or Radical Unionists then Unionists and later Conservative Unionists.
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