Philip John Budworth

Captain Philip John Budworth (1819 – 9 January 1885), of Greensted Hall,[1] was an English magistrate and one-time Deputy Lieutenant of Essex.

He was the author of Memorials of the Parish's of Greenstead-Budworth, Chipping Ongar and High Laver with an account of the Cleeve and Budworth Families, a history of the parishes at Greenstead, at Ongar, and at High Laver in Essex County, as well as histories of the Cleeve and Budworth families between the early 1100s and 1876.

[7] Alexander Cleeve, a London businessman and administrator of Gambia, bought Greenstead hall and its estate in 1695.

Reverend Philip Budworth was a great-grandson of Cleeve, and inherited the estate, buying up other lands in the area and taking most of the manor back into the family.

Captain Philip J Budworth, as the Reverend's only son, inherited the hall and lands and made it his family home in 1854.