Sir Ivor Philipps, (9 September 1861 – 15 August 1940) was a British officer in the British Indian Army and a Liberal Party politician. He held a seat in the House of Commons from 1906 to 1922. Early life Philipps was the son of Rev. Sir J. E. Philipps, Bt. and his wife Mary Margaret, daughter of Rev. Samuel Best and sister of George Best, 5th Baron Wynford. His older brother John Philipps (1860–1938) was a Liberal Party politician who became Baron St Davids in 1908 and Viscount St Davids in 1918; his younger brothers include Lord Kylsant and Lord Milford. Philipps was educated at Felsted School. Military career Phillips served in the British Army from 1881 to 1883, in the Manchester Regiment, then he joined the Indian Army in 1883 as a lieutenant. He was promoted captain on 12 Mat 1894 and to major on 10 July 1901. He fought in the Third Anglo-Burmese War from 1885 to 1889, in the Miranzai Expedition in 1891, the Isazai Expedition in 1892, with the Tirah Field Force from 1897 to 1898. He was appointed to a staff position at Indian army headquarters on 28 November 1899, as Deputy Assistant Quartermaster-General for Mobilization. With the outbreak of the Boxer Rebellion in China the following summer he was temporary attached to the China Field Force from June 1900, and served in China until 1901 as Quartermaster-General. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) in November 1900, in recognition of services during the Boxer Rebellion. While still serving as a seconded officer on special service in China, he formally resigned from his staff position at the India army headquarters in May 1902, He retired from the army in 1903, and joined the Pembroke Yeomanry as second-in-command, becoming commander from 1908 to 1912. On the outbreak of the First World War, he initially served in the War Office, and in November 1914 he was promoted to Brigadier-General in command of the 115th Brigade. In January 1916 he took command of the 38th (Welsh) Infantry Division, bringing the division to France, and after a break while he held ministerial office in London he led the division during the first assault on Mametz Wood, at the Battle of the Somme in 1916. Politics At the 1906 general election, Philipps was elected as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Southampton. At each of the previous two general