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{{short description|British agriculturist and politician}}
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{{about|the agriculturalist and M.P|the Aramaic scholar|Philip E. Pusey}}
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| name = Philip Pusey
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| office1 = [[Member of Parliament]] for [[Berkshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Berkshire]]
| term1 = 1835-1852
| alongside1 = [[Robert Palmer (MP)|Robert Palmer]] (1832–52) [[John Walter (second)|John Walter]] (1832–37) [[William Barrington, 6th Viscount Barrington|Viscount Barrington]] (1837–52)
| office2 = [[Member of Parliament]] for [[Cashel (UK Parliament constituency)|Cashel]]
| term2 = 1831-1832
| office3 = [[Member of Parliament]] for [[Chippenham (UK Parliament constituency)|Chippenham]]
| term3 = 1830-1831
| alongside3 = [[Joseph Neeld]]
| office4 = [[Member of Parliament]] for [[Rye (UK Parliament constituency)|Rye]]
| term4 = 1830
| alongside4 = [[Richard Arkwright (1781–1832)|Richard Arkwright]]
| party = [[Tory (British political party)|Tory]]
| birth_date = {{birth date|1799|06|25|df=yes}}
| birth_place =
| death_date = {{death date and age|1855|07|09|1799|06|25|df=yes}}
| death_place =
| education =
| father = [[Philip Bouverie-Pusey]]
| spouse = {{marriage|Emily Herbert|1822}}
| children =
| relatives = [[Edward Bouverie Pusey|Edward Pusey]] (brother)
}}
'''Philip Pusey''' (25 June 1799 – 9 July 1855) was a reforming agriculturalist, a [[Tory (British political party)|Tory]] Member of Parliament (MP) and a friend and follower of Sir [[Robert Peel]].

==Life==
Pusey stood for election in [[Rye (UK Parliament constituency)|Rye]] at a by-election in 1830 and was originally declared elected,<ref name="stooks-smith-rye">{{cite book |last=Stooks Smith |first=Henry. |editor=Craig, F. W. S. |editor-link=F. W. S. Craig |title=[[The Parliaments of England]] |orig-year=1844–1850 |edition=2nd |year=1973 |publisher=Parliamentary Research Services |location=Chichester |isbn=0-900178-13-2 |page=[https://archive.org/details/parliamentsofeng0000smit/page/348 348] }}</ref><ref>{{London Gazette |issue= 18661 |date=5 March 1830 |page=461 }}</ref> but following an [[election petition]] he was unseated by an order of the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]]<ref name="stooks-smith-rye" /> on 17 May 1830.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}

He did not contest Rye at the [[1830 United Kingdom general election|1830 general election]], when he was elected as a Member for [[Chippenham (UK Parliament constituency)|Chippenham]].<ref>{{London Gazette |issue= 18720 |date=24 August 1830 |page=1808 }}</ref> He did not contest Chippenham at the [[1831 United Kingdom general election|1831 election]], and stood instead in Rye. After riots in the town hall, Pusey agreed to withdraw from the election in return for a guarantee from [[De Lacy Evans|General De Lacy Evans]] to protect the peace of the town; Evans won the seat.<ref name="stooks-smith-rye" />

Pusey was then returned at an [[1831 Cashel by-election|uncontested by-election]]<ref name="walker-1801-1922">{{cite book | title = Parliamentary election results in Ireland 1801–1922 | editor = Brian M. Walker | publisher = [[Royal Irish Academy]] | location = Dublin | year= 1978 | isbn= 0-901714-12-7 | page= 202}}</ref> in July 1831 for the [[Cashel (UK Parliament constituency)|borough of Cashel]] in Ireland,<ref>{{London Gazette |issue= 18828 |date= 26 July 1831 |page=1505 }}</ref> and held that seat until the [[1832 United Kingdom general election|1832 general election]], when he stood unsuccessfully in [[Berkshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Berkshire]].<ref name="craig1832-1885">{{cite book |last=Craig |first=F. W. S. |author-link= F. W. S. Craig |title=British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 |orig-year=1977 |edition= 2nd |year=1989|publisher= Parliamentary Research Services |location=Chichester |isbn= 0-900178-26-4 |page=353}}</ref> He was elected without a contest<ref name="craig1832-1885" /> for Berkshire at the [[1835 United Kingdom general election|1835 general election]],<ref>{{London Gazette |issue= 19232 |date= 23 January 1835 |page=120 }}</ref> and held the seat until he retired from the House of Commons at the [[1852 United Kingdom general election|1852 general election]].<ref name="craig1832-1885" />

He was appointed as a [[Deputy Lieutenant]] of Berkshire in January 1831,<ref>{{London Gazette |issue= 18814 |date= 17 June 1831 |page=1193 }}</ref> and was nominated as [[High Sheriff of Berkshire]] in November 1833<ref>{{London Gazette |issue= 19102 |date= 15 November 1833 |page=2099 }}</ref> and again in November 1834.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue= 19210 |date= 14 November 1834 |page=2017 }}</ref>

Succeeding to the Manor of [[Pusey, Oxfordshire|Pusey]] in Berkshire in 1828, he built a reputation as a progressive and practical farmer. [[Benjamin Disraeli|Disraeli]] called him "one of the most distinguished country gentlemen who ever sat in the House of Commons".<ref>[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=62751 Victoria County History of Berkshire: Pusey], british-history.ac.uk. Accessed 20 January 2023.</ref> His 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.<ref>Caird, J. (1852) ''English agriculture in 1850–51'' pp. 107–113, cited in the ''[[Dictionary of National Biography]]''</ref>

He was one of the founders of the [[Royal Agricultural Society of England|Royal Agricultural Society]], and was chairman of the agricultural 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 translator of the hymn ''Lord of our Life and God of our Salvation''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lord of Our Life and God of Our Salvation |url=https://hymnary.org/text/lord_of_our_life_and_god_of_our_salva |access-date=2023-02-26 |website=Hymnary.org |language=en}}</ref>

==Family==
The eldest son of [[Philip Bouverie-Pusey]], Pusey 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.

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{Hansard-contribs | mr-philip-pusey | Philip Pusey }}

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| years = [[1831 Cashel by-election|1831]] – [[1832 United Kingdom general election|1832]]
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| with2 = [[John Walter (second)|John Walter]] 1832–37
| with3 = [[William Barrington, 6th Viscount Barrington|Viscount Barrington]] 1837–57
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