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.