(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.