Robert Berkeley (1713–1804) was an English political writer, who is assumed also to be a significant activist for Catholic emancipation of the 1770s.
[1][2][3] Thomas Phillips (1708–1774), biographer of Cardinal Pole, lived with Berkeley as his Catholic chaplain, from 1763 to 1765.
[1] Reasons for the Repeal of the Laws against the Papists, published by Berkeley, was attributed by Augustin de Backer to Thomas Phillips his chaplain.
This marriage brought him manors in Essex, which were owned jointly with Anne's sister Catherine, married to Philip Jones of Llanarth Court.
[1][9] He had made additions to the house, including a dining room, but it was his successor who rebuilt Spetchley Park completely, in 1811.