[Frederic Shonnard & W.W. Spooner (1900)] THE ARISTOCRATIC FAMILIES 259 Chester County until the election of 1726, being then returned as one of the four members from New York City. He occupied the speaker's chair until 1737, when he lost his seat; but at an election held soon afterward to till a vacancy from the city he was once more returned, although, it was charged, only by means of the "most barefaced villany " practiced in his behalf by the sheriff. He was again chosen speaker in 1739, and remained as such until 1745, when, at the age of eighty, his legislative career was terminated. He died in 1740. He was never married. It is thus seen that Adolph Philipse was one of the most important public characters of his times, being speaker of the assembly for eighteen years. His retirement as a member for Westchester County was in the interest of his nephew, Frederick, who promptly took the seat that he vacated, retaining it without any interruption for twenty-four years. In the memories of the people of Westchester County the name of Philipse is, from the political point of view, identified exclusivelv with the idea of ultra devotion to royal authority in the person of the king's constituted representative.