Constantine Phipps, 2nd Baron Mulgrave

Constantine John Phipps (* May 19, 1744, † October 10, 1792 in Liège ) was a British explorer and politician.

Phipps first attended along with Joseph Banks Eton College, but left this early and went with his uncle to the sea. He was in 1765 frigate captain and traveled the following year along with Banks, who accompanied him as a naturalist, to Newfoundland.

On June 4, 1773 Phipps launched a drive to the geographic North Pole. He had two ships, the Racehorse and the Carcass. To his team included the young Horatio Nelson. After passing Spitsbergen, they were forced back by the ice and decided after reaching 80 ° 48 'north latitude for the trip home. During this trip Phipps described as the first European polar bears and the Ivory Gull. He introduced meteorological and geological observations at, tested Bouguers Patentlog and tried to plumb the depths of the Arctic Ocean. In 1774 he published these studies in a travel report.

In the period from 1768 to 1790 Phipps was with some interruptions for various constituencies member of the House of Commons. In 1775 he inherited from his father the title of Baron Mulgrave, who belonged to the Peerage of Ireland. 1790 Phipps was raised to the Peerage of Great Britain because of his services to Baron Mulgrave, which was connected unlike the Irish title, a seat in the House of Lords. He left the civil service in 1791 and died on October 10, 1792 in Liege.

During the British title with his death went out, as he had no male descendant, inherited his brother Henry Phipps, the Irish barony.

Writings

• A Voyage towards the North Pole under taken by His Majesty's Command 1773, J. Nourse, London 1774th (English)