Philip Pusey (25 June 1799 - 9 July 1855) was a reforming agriculturalist, a Member of Parliament and a friend and follower of Sir Robert Peel. Pusey stood for election at Rye in 1830 and was originally declared elected, but following a petition he was unseated by an order of the House of Commons on 17 May 1830. He was then elected a Member for Chippenham from 1830 to 1831, for Cashel from 1831 to 1832 and (having stood for election unsuccessfully in 1832) for Berkshire from 1835 to 1852.

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  • Philip Pusey (25 June 1799 - 9 July 1855) was a reforming agriculturalist, a Member of Parliament and a friend and follower of Sir Robert Peel. Pusey stood for election at Rye in 1830 and was originally declared elected, but following a petition he was unseated by an order of the House of Commons on 17 May 1830. He was then elected a Member for Chippenham from 1830 to 1831, for Cashel from 1831 to 1832 and (having stood for election unsuccessfully in 1832) for Berkshire from 1835 to 1852. He was one of the founders of the Royal Agricultural Society, and was chairman of the agicultural implement section of the Great Exhibition of 1851. He was a fellow of the Royal Society, a writer on varied topics in the Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society and the author of the hymn Lord of our Life and God of our Salvation. He was the elder brother of the churchman Edward Bouverie Pusey. He married Lady Emily Herbert, daughter of Henry Herbert, 2nd Earl of Carnarvon, in 1822. He succeeded to the Manor of Pusey in Berkshire in 1828, and built a reputation as a progressive and practical farmer. Disraeli called him "one of the most distinguished country gentlemen who ever sat in the House of Commons" Pusey's most notable contribution to farming was the development of a system of using lush water-meadows to support large flocks of ewes and early-maturing lambs. He was an early advocate of the use of earthenware drainpipes for field drainage.
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  • Philip Pusey (25 June 1799 - 9 July 1855) was a reforming agriculturalist, a Member of Parliament and a friend and follower of Sir Robert Peel. Pusey stood for election at Rye in 1830 and was originally declared elected, but following a petition he was unseated by an order of the House of Commons on 17 May 1830. He was then elected a Member for Chippenham from 1830 to 1831, for Cashel from 1831 to 1832 and (having stood for election unsuccessfully in 1832) for Berkshire from 1835 to 1852.
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