Bust (1796-1838)

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Thomas Phillips

'''Thomas Phillips''' ( ?-), military engineer; appointed master-gunner of the Portsmouth, 1661; a gunner of the Tower of London, 1672, and mastergunner at Sheerness, 1673; became James II's second I engineer, 1685; dismissed (1689) for refusing to join Schomberg in Ireland, but reinstated, 1691; present at the bombardment of St. Malo (1693), where he exploded a vessel filled with powder and carcases at the foot of the sea-wall.

Thomas Phillips

'''Thomas Phillips''' (-), biographer of Cardinal Pole; great-nephew of William Joyner;

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'''Phipps''' brought upasa Roman catholic: joined Jesuits, 1728, bat l.-lt them, 1733; after studying at Lige ami Kom.- rotiirntil to England, acting as chaplain to several noljle families: principal work,The History of the Life of Cardinal Pole (1764), a valuable piece of biography; died

Thomas Phillips

'''Thomas Phillips''' . ), historian 01 bury; had a place in tin- cn-toin-: publishedHistory and Antiquities of Shrewsbury 1779, a second ulr which formed the first volume of the History of Salop (1837) by Charles Hulbert

Thomas Phillips

'''Thomas Phillips''' (-), portrait-painter ; began to exhibit at the Royal Academy, 1792: R.A., 1808: painted many notable persons, including George, prince of Wales, Lord liyron, Orabbe, Scott, Southey.and Coleridge; professor of painting in the Itoyal Academy, 1826-82.

Thomas Phillips

'''Thomas Phillips''' (- X surgeon and beuefactor of Welsh education; entered the service of the East India Company, 1782, and became finally a member of tin* Calcutta medical board, returning to England with a competent fortune in 1817; presented laiye quantities of books to Welsh town and college libraries, and established six scholarships and a Phillips professorship of natural science at St. David's, Lampeter.

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'''Phtt''' T.TFS. SIR THOMAS (-), mayor of Newport and lawyer; elected mayor, 18S8, and knighted for his courage in repelling an attack by seven thousand chartists under John Frost (J. 1877); acquired coal mines in Monmoutlishire, and became a large landed proprietor in Wales; bestowed large sums in charities, particularly in assisting Brecon College.

Watts Phillips

'''Watts Phillips''' (-), dramatist and designer: became, according to the story, George Cruikshank's only pupil: resided for some years in Paris, where he acquired a knowledge of the French stage; settled in London, 1853-4; brought out Joseph Chaviguy at the Adelphi, London, 1857, and the Dead Heart, 1 1859, the latter being a great success: gradually abandoned caricature and illustration for the novel and the drama; his plays were numerous and Mir--sful; his novels chiefly appeared in the Family Herald

William Phillips

'''William Phillips''' (?-X major-general of the royal artillery; commanded a company of miners raised for the defence of Minorca, 1756; served in Germany under Ferdinand of Brunswick, commanding the artillery at Minden (1759) with great ability, and at Warburg (1760), and other engagements; in Canada under Carleton and Burgoyne, 1776; took part (.1777) in the campaign which ended in the capitulation ot Saratoga; was exchanged, 1781, on which be joined Clinton at New York, proceeding thence to Virginia, where he died in the midst of the campaign.

William Phillips

'''William Phillips''' (-), mineralogist and geologist; grandson of Catherine Phillips; a London printer and bookseller, devoting his leisure to geology; F.G.8., 1807; F.ILS., 1827; F.L.S.; wrote with William Daniel Oonybeare Outlines of the Geology of England and Wales 1822, and, among other works exclusively his own, published the well-knownElementary Introduction to the Knowledge of Mineralogy 1816.

Henry Phillpotts

'''Henry Phillpotts''' (-), bishop of Exeter; B.A. Corpus Christi College, Oxford, 1795; fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford, 1795-1804; M.A., 1798; became chaplain to Shute Barrington, bishop of Durham, 1806, and prebendary of Durham, 1809; began (e. 1819) to appear a a writer upon public questions by penning a defence of the existing poor-law and of the conduct of the government in regard to the Peterloo massacre; vehemently opposed catholic emancipation in his controversy with Charles Butler (1750-1832), 1825; shared the conversion of the tory ministry, 1829; bishop of Exeter, 1830-69: opposed the Reform Bill in the House of Lords and came into collision with Earl Grey in regard to the Tithes Bill, 1831; a strict disciplinarian in his diocese, having lawsuits with several of his clergy, including George Cornelius Gorham. Although a high churchman be had no sympathy with the Oxford movement, and vehemently attacked Tract XC.

Robert Kemp Philp

'''Robert Kemp Philp''' (-X compiler: joined the chartist movement and lectured for it; ousted ommittee by the more violent section (1842) for the moderation of bis opinion*; credited with having drawn up the monster petition, 1842; settled New Street, Fetter Lane, London, as a publisl rabHiUtor of thePeople Journal 1846-8: published The Family Friend (editor. 1841-62) and other cheap popular literature. Including Enquire within upon Everything(18M) of which over a million copies had been -..Id by 1888.

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John Philpot

'''John Philpot''' (-), protestant martyr: 1. and BjC.L,: arcb fellow of New College, Oxford, 16S4-41 deacon of Winchester; constantly engaged in oontroveny. and after Mary's aoocsatoii wa* imprisoned as a heretic MMrtSitSMtJt,r,l,,H-,v,,rk.-.,rv,,,. -: of them in Foxe's Aotes and Monument*

Hbnry Philpott

'''Hbnry Philpott''' (-18M bishop of Worcester; elected fellow of St. Catharine Hall, Cambridge. 1829; M.A., 1832; muter of St. Catharine's Hall, Cambridge, 1846-60; vice-chancellor, 1846, 1866, and 1867; D.D., 1847; bishop of Worcester, 1860-90. His episcopal career was uneventful.

Phipps

'''Phipps''' Sm CHARLES BEAUMONT (-), court official: son of Sir Henry Phippn, first earl of Mulgrave; entered the army, 1820; steward of the viceregal household in Ireland, 1836-9; lieutenanti-ol...... 1, 1837; equerry to Queen Victoria, 1846; private secretary to Prince Albert, 1847: appointed keeper of the queen's purse and treasurer to the then Prince of Wales, 1849: K.O.B., 1858; receiver-general of the dnchy of Cornwall, 1862.

Charles John Phipps

'''Charles John Phipps''' (-). architect: articled at Bath, where he began to practise, 1868; reconstructed Bath Theatre, 1862-3; removed to London, and became recognised authority on theatre construction, and was engaged on construction or alteration of more than twenty theatres in London, besides others in many provincial towns: F.R.I.B.A., 1868; F.S.A. His principal work was Her Majesty's Theatre, Haymarket, London, (completed, 1897).

Sir Oonstantine Phipps

'''Sir Oonstantine Phipps''' (-), lord chancellor of Ireland; barrister, Gray's Inn, 1684, bencher, 1706: bis rise hindered by his Jacobite sympathies, though his practice among friends of the house of Stuart was considerable; defended Henry Sacheverell, 1710, and gained such distinction that he was knighted and made lord chancellor of Ireland in the same year; extremely unpopular with the whig faction in Ireland, and on Queen Anne's death was removed from office: defended Francis Atterbury, 1723.

Sir Con Phipps

'''Sir Con Phipps''' 8TANTINE HENRY, first MAR-

Up Normandy Quis

'''Up Normandy Quis''' and second EARL OF MULORAVK (1797-1863), eldest son of Sir Henry Phipps, first earl of Mulgrave: of Harrow and Trinity College, Cambridge: M.A., 1818; entered parliament, 1818 (M.P., Scarborough), and supported parliamentary reform: M.P.. Higham Ferrers, 1822, Malton, 1826: governor of Jamaica, 1832-4; G.C.H., 1832; became lord privy seal, with a seat in the cabinet, under Lord Melbourne, 1834: sent to Ireland as lord-lieutenant, 1835; his friendly relations with O'Oonnell bitterly attacked at protestant meetings, but his administration (1835-9) beneficial to Ireland; created Marquis of Normanby, 1838: secretary of war and the colonies, 1839; transferred to the home office, 1839, where he remained till the fall of the ministry, 1841; ambassador at Paris, 1846-52, and minister at Florence, 1854-8, in which posts be mingled too much In the politics of foreign states. In early life he wrote a number of novels and tales.

Oonstantine John Phipps

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Mulgravk

'''Mulgravk''' (-), entered the navy, ; M.P., Lincoln, 1768, when he identified himself with the king s friends; commanded the Kacehorae in a polar expedition, 1773, of which he published an account, and in which Nelson took part as midshipman; succeeded his father as an Irish peer, 1775; M.P., Huntingdon, and appointed a lord of the admiralty, 1777: distinguished himself in the action off Ushant in 1778, while in command of the Courageux. Cxlv. 231

Edmund Phipps

'''Edmund Phipps''' (-), author ; mm of Sir Henry Phipps, first earl of Mulgrave; TAJL.

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