... He was endowed with great promptitude of decision and although he required his decisions to be carried out to the very letter, and enforced them where necessary, there always predominated a frankness and manliness of character which won the confidence of all with whom he came in contact and endeared him to those who had the advantage of being associated with him as colleagues." "A keen sportsman, he was a hard rider with Sir Richard Sutton, Bt, at Lincoln in his youth (see Burton Hunt), an earnest politician, an able magistrate, an enlightened agriculturalist and a warm-hearted friend." Death and succession Sir William was succeeded in the baronetcy by his eldest son, Philip (1825–1888), who was later an MP for East Somerset. He was uncle of Philip Napier Miles. References ThePeerage.com The Annals of Bristol (Vol 3, Nineteenth Century), John Latimer, pub'd 1887. External links 1797 births 1878 deaths Politicians from Somerset Miles, Sir William, 1st baronet UK MPs 1818–1820 UK MPs 1830–1831 UK MPs 1831–1832 UK MPs 1835–1837 UK MPs 1837–1841 UK MPs 1841–1847 UK MPs 1847–1852 UK MPs 1852–1857 UK MPs 1857–1859 UK MPs 1859–1865 Tory MPs (pre-1834) Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies English landowners North Somerset Yeomanry officers People educated at Eton College Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford Alumni of the University of Oxford 19th-century British businesspeople