Philip Metcalfe
Philip Metcalfe | |
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Portrait (c. 1766–1767), oil on canvas, by Pompeo Batoni (1708–1787), National Portrait Gallery, London | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 29 August 1733 London |
| Died | 26 August 1818 (aged 84) Brighton, Sussex |
| Nationality | English |
| Residence(s) | Hawstead House, Hawstead, Suffolk |
| Occupation | Member of Parliament, Industrialist |
Philip Metcalfe, MP, FRS, FSA, (29 August 1733 – 26 August 1818), was an English Tory politician, a malt distiller and a philanthropist.
The Metcalfe family were from Yorkshire of the Catholic faith and Royalists during the Civil war.