Laurence Philipps, 1st Baron Milford

Laurence Richard Philipps, 1st Baron Milford (24 January 1874 – 7 December 1962), was a British peer.

In 1919 he offered a prize of £1,000 for the British airman to fly the Atlantic, this was awarded to John Alcock following his Transatlatic Flight.

[2] As a racehorse owner and stud owner, Philipps was a member of the Jockey Club, he also founded Tote Investors which was later acquired by the Horse Race Totalisator Board and then nationalised in 1939 as The Tote.

[1] Lord Milford married Ethel Georgina, daughter of Reverend Benjamin Speke, in 1901.

[1] He died in December 1962, aged 88, and was succeeded in his titles by his eldest son Wogan.