Modern English biography

(1891), _where the birth and death are incorrect_; _Academy i_ 80–81 (1890). PHAYRE, SIR ARTHUR PURVES (son of Richard Phayre). _b._ Shrewsbury 7 May 1812; educ. Shrewsbury school; cadet Bengal army 13 Aug. 1828; ensign 7 Bengal N.I. 3 June 1829, major 10 Jany. 1855 to 1859; captain and comr. of Arakan 1849–52; comr. of Pegu in Lower Burma 1852–62; sent on a special mission to the king of Ava at Burma 1855; chief comr. of British Burma 1862–7; lieut. col. Bengal staff corps 22 Jany. 1859; governor of Mauritius 14 Nov. 1874 to Dec. 1878; C.B. 31 March 1863; G.C.M.C. 24 Jany. 1878; author of Coins of Arakan, of Pegu, and of Burma 1882; History of Burma 1883. _d._ Bray, near Dublin 14 Dec. 1885. _bur._ Enniskerry, memorial statue in Rangoon and portrait by sir Thomas Jones in coffee-room of East India united service club, St. James’ sq. London. _Proc. of Royal Geog. Soc. vii_ 103–12 (1886); _H. Yule’s Narrative of the mission to the court of Ava_, _Calcutta_ (1856); _A. Fytche’s Burma i_ 184, _ii_ 220–3, 247 _etc._ (1878). PHELAN, MICHAEL. _b._ Kilkenny, Ireland 1816; an apprentice to a silversmith and jeweller in U.S. of America; became an accomplished billiard player; exhibited his playing in Ireland 1851; opened billiard rooms Broadway, New York 1852; went to San Francisco; returned to New York and became a billiard table manufacturer with Hugh W. Collender; also kept billiard rooms and took part in matches; author of The game of billiards 1850, 2 ed. New York 1857; The illustrated handbook of billiards, the American game 1863. _d._ New York city 21 Oct. 1871. PHELAN, PATRICK. _b._ near Kilkenny 1 Feb. 1795; educ. Montreal coll. Canada; a R.C. priest 26 Sept. 1825; a member of the Sulpicians 21 Nov. 1825 to 14 Sept. 1842; bishop of Carrha in partibus infidelium and co-adjutor to Dr. Gaulin, bishop of Kingston Feb. 1843, succeeded him as bishop 8 May 1857, was bishop of Kingston only 28 days, as he caught cold at Dr Gaulin’s funeral and _d._ Kingston 6 June 1857. _Battersby’s Catholic Directory_, _Dublin_ (1858) 259. PHELPS, EDMUND (2 son of Samuel Phelps 1804–78). _b._ Albany st. Regent’s park 17 March 1838; acted in the provinces; acted Ulrick in Werner, Sadler’s Wells 21 Sept. 1860. Leonardo Gonzago in The Wife 10 Dec. 1860, Faulconbridge in King John 16 Feb. 1861; at the Princess’ the Prince in King Henry IV 23 May 1861; at Sadler’s Wells St. Lo in Lovell’s Love’s Sacrifice 5 Nov. 1863, Sir Gerard Fane in Marston’s Pure gold 9 Nov. 1863; at Drury Lane Pisanio in Cymbeline 17 Oct. 1864, Eugene in Falconer’s Love’s ordeal 3 April 1865; Faust in Bayle Bernard’s version 20 Oct. 1866, and hon. Tom Shuffleton in Colman’s John Bull 31 Jany. 1867; _m._ 30 March 1863 Sarah Eliza, only dau. of John Hudspeth, she first appeared at the Lyceum in 1859. _d._ Edinburgh 1 April 1870. _bur._ Dean cemet. Edinb. 5 April. _C. E. Pascoe’s Dramatic list_ (1879) 257–8. PHELPS, JOHN. _b._ 1805; an apprentice to a waterman at Fulham 1819; won the second prize in the race for Doggett’s coat and badge 1 Aug. 1827; a well known sculler who won several contests; a waterman at Fulham; one of the four champion scullers 1846; judge of the University boat race many years, lost the judging after the dead heat of 1877; his son H. J. M. Phelps won Doggett’s coat and badge 1860. _d._ Fulham 6 Dec.