John H. H. Phipps

John H. H. "Ben" Phipps (November3, 1904April19, 1982) was an American heir, businessman, plantation owner, conservationist and polo player. He owned radio and television stations in Florida and Georgia.

Early life His father was John Shaffer Phipps (1874–1958) and his mother Margarita Celia Grace (1876–1957). He had two brothers, Michael Grace Phipps (1910–1973) and Hubert Beaumont Phipps (1906–1969), and one sister, Margaret Phipps Boegner (1906–2006). His paternal grandfather was Henry Phipps Jr. (1839–1930) and his maternal grandfather was Michael P. Grace (1842–1920). He grew up at Old Westbury Gardens in Old Westbury, New York.

He attended Groton School, a private boarding school in Groton, Massachusetts, but he was expelled after he brought a skunk into the church. He transferred to Phillips Exeter Academy, another private boarding school in Exeter, New Hampshire. He also owned the WCTV television station in the area of Tallahassee and Thomasville, Georgia. In 1941, together with his brother Michael Grace Phipps, Charles Skiddy von Stade and Alan L. Corey, Jr., he won the U.S. Open Polo Championship at the Meadow Brook Polo Club against the Westbury team (Gerald Dempsey, Earle Hopping, Stewart Iglehart and Windsor Holden White).

Personal life He was married to Elinor Klapp Phipps. They had two sons, Colin Phipps and Eugene Phipps. They resided in New York City. Upon his father's death, he inherited the Orchard Pond Plantation. He also developed the Ayavalla Plantation in Leon County, Florida, as a quail-hunting plantation. He died at the Tallahassee Memorial Regional Medical Center in April 1982.