Home > Constantine John Phipps, 2nd Baron Mulgrave

Phipps was at Eton College with Joseph Banks, but left early to go to sea with his uncle Captain the Hon. A. J. Hervey. In 1766 he sailed to Newfoundland as Lieutenant on HMS Niger. Banks accompanied him as ship's naturalist.

On June 4, 1773 Phipps set off from Deptford on a voyage towards the North Pole. He had two boats, the Racehorse and the Carcass. Phipps took with him Dr Irving as naturalist and doctor, and Israel Lyons (1739-1775) as astronomer. One of the crew was a young Horatio Nelson. They sailed beyond Svalbard to the Seven Islands, but were forced back by the ice and returned to Orfordness on September 17. During the voyage Phipps was the first European to describe the Polar BearThe polar bear Ursus maritimus is a large mammal of the order Carnivora, family Ursidae. It is a circumpolar species found in and around the Arctic Ocean. It is the world's largest land carnivore. Adult males weigh from 400 to 600 kilograms and occasional and the Ivory GullIvory Gull : Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Charadriiformes : Laridae Pagophila eburnea Binomial name Pagophila eburnea Phipps, 1774 The Ivory Gull Pagophila eburnea is a small gull, the only species in its genus. It breeds in the high arctic and has a circ, which were included in his A Voyage towards the North Pole undertaken ... 1773 (1774).

He was succeeded as Baron of Mulgrave by his brother Henry PhippsHenry Phipps, 1st Earl of Mulgrave ( 14 February 1755 7 April 1831) was a British statesman and politician. Succeeding his brother Constantine John Phipps as Baron Mulgrave of Mulgrave ( Peerage of Great Britain) and Baron Mulgrave of New Ross ( Peerage o.