The son of Henry Phipps, first earl of Mulgrave; educated at Harrow and Trinity College, Cambridge, he was a Whig MP, governor of Jamaica (1832-34), lord privy seal (1834), lord-lieutenant of Ireland (1835), and ambassador at Paris (1846-52).

REFERENCES TO Constantine Henry Phipps, first marquess of Normanby:

Lady Morgan to Lady Olivia Clarke, 12 July 1824 in Lady Morgan’s Memoirs: Autobiography, Diaries and Correspondence. Second Edition, Revised 2 vols (London: Wm. H. Allen & Co., 1863)

Thomas Creevey to Elizabeth Ord, 20 October 1824 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Sydney Smith to Lady Holland, [October 1825] in A Memoir of the Reverend Sydney Smith. By his Daughter, Lady Holland. With a Selection from his Letters, edited by Mrs. Austin 2 vols (London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855)

Frederick Mansell Reynolds to William Jerdan, [1829 c.?] in The Autobiography of William Jerdan. 4 vols (London: Arthur Hall, Vertue & Co., 1852-53)

Thomas Creevey to Elizabeth Ord, 13 February 1832 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Tyrone Power to Francis Sheridan, [1834] in The Autobiography of William Jerdan. 4 vols (London: Arthur Hall, Vertue & Co., 1852-53)

Thomas Creevey to Elizabeth Ord, 29 May 1834 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Francis Sheridan to William Jerdan, [13 June 1834] in The Autobiography of William Jerdan. 4 vols (London: Arthur Hall, Vertue & Co., 1852-53)

Thomas Creevey to Elizabeth Ord, 15 November 1834 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Thomas Creevey to Elizabeth Ord, 23 December 1834 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Lord Morpeth to Lady Morgan, 8 May 1838 in Lady Morgan’s Memoirs: Autobiography, Diaries and Correspondence. Second Edition, Revised 2 vols (London: Wm. H. Allen & Co., 1863)

John Forster to William Jerdan, [June 1844?] in The Autobiography of William Jerdan. 4 vols (London: Arthur Hall, Vertue & Co., 1852-53)

Lord Brougham to Samuel Rogers, [1850] in Samuel Rogers and his Contemporaries 2 Vols (London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1889)

Lord Brougham to Samuel Rogers, [2 July 1850] in Samuel Rogers and his Contemporaries 2 Vols (London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1889)

John Gibson Lockhart to Charlotte Lockhart Hope, 4 October 1850 in The Life and Letters of John Gibson Lockhart (London: John C. Nimmo, 1897)