Modern English biography

PHIPPS, EDMUND (brother of sir C. B. Phipps 1801–66). _b._ the Admiralty, London 7 Dec. 1808; educ. Harrow 1819–25 and Trin. coll. Oxf., B.A. 1828, M.A. 1831; barrister I.T. 15 June 1832, went northern circuit; recorder of Scarborough 1844 to death; Q.C. 23 June 1857; chief comr. of West Indian incumbered estates’ court Feb. 1857 to death; proprietor of a collection of Italian, Flemish and Dutch pictures; author of The monetary crisis, with a proposal for present relief and increased safety in future 1847; The adventure of a £1,000 note, or railway ruin reviewed 1848; King René’s daughter by H. Hertz rendered into English and a sketch of king René 1848, this was dramatised and acted at the theatre royal, Dublin 28 Nov. 1849; A few words on the three amateur budgets of Cobden, Macgregor and Wason 1849; Memoirs of the life of Robert Plumer Ward, 2 vols. 1850; A familiar dialogue on trusts, trustees, and trust societies between Mr. Arden and sir G. Ferrier 1854. _d._ 43 Wilton crescent, Belgrave sq. London 28 Oct. 1857. _Waagen’s Treasures of art ii_ 226–29 (1854); _G.M. iii_ 687 (1857). PHIPPS, EDWARD JAMES (brother of Charles Paul Phipps 1815–80). _b._ 1806; educ. Exeter coll. Oxf.,B.A. 1828; R. of Devizes 1833–53; R. of Stansfield, Suffolk 1853 to death; author of Short and easy answers, or a Sunday school catechism of the history and doctrines of the Old Testament 1832; A catechism on the Holy Scriptures 1850, 2 ed. 1860; The real question as to altar lights 1865. _d._ Stansfield 22 May 1884. _bur._ Stansfield 27 May. PHIPPS, GEORGE HENRY. _b._ 27 March 1807; with R. Stephenson and co. Newcastle-on-Tyne 1828; with R. Stephenson chalked out the sketch of the Rocket on the floor; employed at the Eyre Arms tavern, London on the drawings of London and Birmingham railway, made the Roade and Kilsby section; assistant to I. K. Brunel 2 years; manager for Alexander, Gordon and Co. in construction of beacons and lighthouses; again connected with R. Stephenson in examining wells in Liverpool and on works in Egypt; engineer of Western railway of Switzerland 1852; remodelled bridge over the Wear, Sunderland 1872; delivered a series of lectures at Chatham military school on practical engineering; M.I.C.E. 14 April 1840, Telford medal and premium 1864. _d._ 39 Stockwell park road, Surrey 11 Dec. 1888. _Min. of proc. of Instit. of C.E. xcvi_ 330–3 (1889). PHIPPS, PAUL (3 son of Thomas Hele Phipps of Leighton house, Wiltshire). _b._ 18 Jany. 1789; cornet 1 dragoons 9 June 1804, major 19 Dec. 1826, placed on h.p. 27 Oct. 1829; served in the Peninsular war and at Waterloo; brevet lieut. col. 27 Oct. 1829; lieut. col. 3 dragoon guards 15 Sept. 1838, but sold out same day; K.H. 1836. _d._ Berrywood, Hampshire 22 Nov. 1858. PHIPPS, PICKERING (son of Edward Phipps, brewer, _d._ 1830). _b._ Bridge st. Northampton 14 March 1827; apprentice to a draper; senior partner in P. and R. Phipps, brewers, Northampton and Towcester, afterwards formed into a limited liability co.; member of Northampton town council 1834; mayor of Northampton 1858 and 1866; chairman of Northampton school board; M.P. Northampton 7 Feb. 1874 to 24 March 1880; contested Northampton 5 April 1880; M.P. Northamptonshire South 15 Feb. 1881 to 18 Nov. 1885; contested Northamptonshire, Midland division 2 Dec. 1885; purchased the Horton estate for £49,000 in 1887; president of the Farmers’ alliance. _d._ Collingtree Grange, Northamptonshire 14 Sept. 1890. _bur._ Collingtree 17 Sept. _I.L.N. 27 Sept 1890 p._ 390 _portrait_; _Northampton Mercury 19 Sept. 1890 p._ 6. NOTE.--A church erected by his family at cost of £40,000 in Kingsley park, Northampton, was dedicated by the bishop of Peterborough as a memorial to him 21 Sept. 1893. PHIPSON, THOMAS WEATHERLEY. _b._ 1807; practised as special pleader; barrister L.I. 10 June 1845, bencher 1862 to death; went Oxford circuit; Q.C. 5 Feb. 1862. _d._ Southampton 15 Jany.