Hylton "Punch" Philipson (8 June 1866 in

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. He played five

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between 1892 and 1895.

Cricketing career

Throughout his career, Philipson was competing for the

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's spot in the English

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side with

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, which resulted in him playing in only five

for England, which he did on the 1891/92 and 1894/95 tours of Australia. He also toured India with

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in 1889/90, though this tour did not include any Tests. Philipson went to Eton and had a good record as a schoolboy cricketer before going to Oxford, where he got his blue and where he became captain in 1889. He also represented Oxford at tennis, rackets and Association football. His highest first-class innings was his 150 for the University against Middlesex in 1887, which is when he was selected to play for the Gentlemen at both

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Family

At birth his name was registered as "Hilton Philipson". He was the uncle of multi-talented sportsman Maxwell Woosnam, an

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champion at

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and one-time captain of the

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. Philipson has been described as "one of those late Victorian gentleman amateurs quite indecently blessed by fortune". He owed his own wealth to the Northumbrian coal mines. Philipson married in 1896 the Honourable Nina Charlotte Murray (1875–1966), daughter of Montolieu Oliphant-Murray, 10th Lord Elibank (later created Viscount Elibank), by his wife Blanche Alice Scott. They had children: *Nina Clare Philipson (b.1899) *Hylton Ralph Philipson (b.1902) *Oliphant James Philipson (b.1905) He lived at Middleton Hall in

, but in 1905 bought the estate of

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. Stobo had originally been in the family of Philipson's wife, until their exile following the

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Gardening

Philipson was a noted gardener. A visit to Japan on the way back from the Test series in Australia in 1895 inspired him to apply knowledge that he acquired there to the estate of Stobo Castle.''Country Life'', 10 January 2008 The Japanese-style water garden that Philipson created at Stobo between 1909–13 has been maintained, despite a succession of owners after the estate was sold shortly after his death. The Stobo estate was acquired in 1971 by Leo Seymour, whose family still own it (but not the castle), and the Water Gardens are occasionally open to the public.

References

External links

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Last resting place for Hylton Philipson
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