Modern English biography

PHILIPS, JOHN ALEXANDER. _b._ 1790; a midshipman at battle of Trafalgar; 2 lieut. R.M. 26 Aug. 1806; lieut. col. R.M.A. 4 Sept. 1851, adjutant 1828–34; colonel of Woolwich division 28 March 1863 to death; L.G. 29 May 1863. _d._ York Tower, near Sandhurst 27 Nov. 1865. PHILIPS, MARK (eld. son of Robert Philips of The Park, Prestwich, Manchester 1760–1844). _b._ The Park, near Manchester 4 Nov. 1800; educ. Manchester college York, and Glasgow universities; chairman of the New Quay company, Manchester 1825; M.P. Manchester 1832–47; sheriff of Warws. 1851. _d._ Welcombe, Snitherfield, near Stratford-on-Avon 23 Dec. 1873. _W. E. A. Axon’s Annals of Manchester_ (1886) 339; _I.L.N. lxiv_ 23 (1874). PHILIPS, NATHANIEL GEORGE. Ensign 47 foot 19 May 1846, captain 24 Nov. 1854, sold out 6 Nov. 1857; served in the Crimea, wounded at Alma, medal with clasp; raised in St. George’s lodge, Liverpool 1855; W.M. of lodge 311 Irish constitution at Templemore, Tipperary; prince mason of Ireland; received 33 degree in English masonry in London 1864, grand treasurer 1868, secretary, lieut. grand commander, and sovereign grand commander at No. 33 Golden sq. London, assisted greatly in the formation of the library; member of corps of gentlemen at arms 9 July 1858, sub-officer 6 Feb. 1863 to Feb. 1874; groom of the privy chamber Feb. 1874 to 1886. _d._ 1886. _J. G’s Masonic portraits_ (1876) 122–7. PHILIPS, ROBERT NEEDHAM (brother of Mark Philips 1800–73). _b._ Manchester 20 June 1815; educ. Rugby 1829 etc. and at Manchester college; merchant and manufacturer Manchester; M.P. Bury 1857–9, 1865–85, when he was presented with a testimonial; sheriff of Lancashire 1856. _d._ Welcombe house, Stratford-on-Avon 28 Feb.