Philip Vanderbyl, Date of Birth, Date of Death
TweetPhilip Vanderbyl
British politician
Date of Birth: 28-Apr-1827
Date of Death: 16-May-1892
Profession: politician
Nationality: South Africa
Zodiac Sign: Taurus 
About Philip Vanderbyl
- Philip Vanderbyl (28 April 1827 – 16 May 1892) was a qualified doctor, merchant and a Liberal politician. Vanderbyl was the son of P.
- V.
- Vanderbyl of the Cape of Good Hope.
- He trained as a doctor at the University of Edinburgh obtaining M.D.
- in honours and a gold medal.
- He became M.R.C.S.
- Eng.
- in 1849 and M.R.C.P.
- Lond.
- in 1855.
- He retired from medical practice 1858 and went into business.
- He was a member of the firm of Redfern Alexander and Company who were the London merchant house for many important Australian and New Zealand businesses.
- He was also on the board of directors of the Metropolitan Trading Association Limited which chartered cargo ships to carry meat, especially frozen beef, between London and the United States.
- He also dealt in iron and was a Director of the East and West India Dock Company.
- He became one of the most wealthy and influential merchants in London.Vanderbyl stood unsuccessfully for Parliament at Great Yarmouth in 1865.
- In 1866 he was elected at a by-election as Member of Parliament (MP) for Bridgewater and was re-elected in 1868.
- However he and his colleague were unseated in 1869 and the town was disfranchised for bribery and corruption.
- In 1872 he bought an estate at Northwood Park near Winchester and by 1884 had a much larger house built there.
- At the 1885 general election Vanderbyl was elected MP for Portsmouth.
- However he was defeated in 1886, and was unsuccessful when he stood at by-election in January 1888 for Winchester.Vanderbyl died at the age of 64. Vanderbyl married Sara Alexander in 1853.
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