Pickering Phipps (14 March 1827 – 14 September 1890) was a British Member of Parliament who represented Northampton from 1874 to 1880 and South Northamptonshire from 1881 to 1885 for the Conservative Party.
He attended an elementary school in the town, then was indentured around 1841 to a draper, but later returned to work in the family brewery, where he inherited a large share on the death of his uncles.
[1] However, at the 1880 general election both Phipps and Merewether were defeated by the Liberal candidates, Henry Labouchère and Charles Bradlaugh.
At the 1885 general election the seat was split to form Mid Northamptonshire, which encompassed part of the county but was dominated by Northampton itself, with a more Liberal-leaning electorate.
St Matthew's Church, Northampton was financed by his son, also Pickering Phipps, and constructed as his memorial.