Philip Pilditch

Sir Philip Edward Pilditch, 1st Baronet, (12 August 1861 – 17 December 1948) was a British architect and Unionist politician.

Early life Born in Compton, Plymouth, he was the eldest son of Philip John Pilditch and Emma Rosa Pilditch (née Willmott).

He was educated at Cheveley Hall, Mannamead and at King's College London. The Islington seat was marginal, and at the next council elections in 1910 he was returned for the safer electoral division of Strand. He held the seat in 1913 and remained on the council until 1919. He was a prominent member of the council, and served as vice-chairman in 1913–1914. and created a baronet, "of Bartropps in the parish of Weybridge in the County of Surrey" in 1929.

Death He died at his home near Weybridge, Surrey in December 1948, aged 87. He was succeeded in the baronetage by his son, Philip Harold.

Personal life In 1888 he married Emily Mary Lewis, the daughter of a director of the National Provincial Bank. The couple had two sons and a daughter, Mabel Emily who married Major Henry Hammick. He established the business of Pilditch and Chadwick, surveyors and architects, of which he was head.

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