title: Philip William Skinner Miles
text: # Philip William Skinner Miles
  
  Philip William Skinner Miles (1816 – 1 October 1881), sometimes spelled Skynner Miles, was a British Conservative politician.
  
  He was the son of Bristol Member of Parliament (MP) Philip John Miles and Clarissa née Peach.
  
  Miles was elected a Conservative MP for Bristol at the 1837 general election and held the seat until 1852 when he did not seek re-election.
  
  Miles was appointed High Sheriff of Gloucestershire for 1863. He was Chairman of the Port and Pier Railway Company.
  
  ## Family life
  
  In 1846 Miles married Pamela Adelaide Napier (1823-1910), daughter of Lieutenant-General Sir William Francis Patrick Napier and Caroline Amelia Fox. They had one child, Philip Napier Miles (1865–1935). Miles died on 1 October 1881 at Kings Weston House aged 65.
  
  