Philip Jennings (c.1679 – 10 February 1740) of Dudleston Hall, Shropshire was an English lawyer and politician.

He was the oldest son of Edward Jennings, QC, a barrister who later became Member of Parliament (MP) for East Looe. Philip was a nephew of Admiral Sir John Jennings. He was educated at Eton and St John's College, Cambridge. He was called to the bar at the Inner Temple in 1704 and became a bencher in 1735. He succeeded his father in 1725.

Philip Jennings (Queenborough MP)

He sat in the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1715 to 1722, as MP for Queenborough.

Philip Jennings (Queenborough MP)

He married twice: firstly in 1705, Diana, the daughter of Sir William Bowyer, 2nd Bt., of Denham, Buckinghamshire, with whom he had a son, who predeceased him, and a daughter and secondly in 1721, Dorothy, the daughter of George Clerke of Launde Abbey, Leicestershire, with whom he had 3 sons and 6 daughters.

Philip Jennings (Queenborough MP)

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1679 births

Year of birth uncertain

1740 deaths

People educated at Eton College

Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge

Members of the Inner Temple

Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies

British MPs 1715–1722