Philip Packer
Philip Packer FRS was an English barrister and architect. He was a courtier to Charles II, and friend to Christopher Wren.
Biography
He was educated at University College, Oxford where he matriculated in 1635. He then took up law at the Middle Temple and was called to the bar as a barrister in 1647.He rebuilt Groombridge Place with Wren's help in 1662. On 21 May 1669, he met with Samuel Pepys. He was an Original Fellow of the Royal Society.
Family
His parents were John Packer, Clerk of the Privy Seal, and Philippa Mills.He married Isabella Berkeley in 1653 in Groombridge, Kent; they had seven children:
- Robert Packer
- John Philip Packer Esq. of Groombridge
- Katherine Packer
- Isabella Packer
- Elizabeth Packer
- Temperance Packer
- Philip Packer, who emigrated to New Jersey.
- James Packer at the Battle of the Boyne, Ireland.
- William Packer.