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Anglican clergyman (1832–1909) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Thompson Phillips (1832 – 1909) was Archdeacon of Furness from 1892 until 1901.[1]
Born at Convamore, County Cork, Ireland, he was educated at Manchester Grammar School, Trinity College, Dublin and St John's College, Cambridge,[2] and ordained priest in 1857.[3] After curacies in Paddington and Coventry he held incumbencies at Holme Eden, Ivegill and Barrow-in-Furness.[4]
He married Eliza, daughter of General James Wallace Sleigh. Their eldest son was James Robert Phillips.
For twelve years he employed Elizabeth Everest as a nanny to his daughter, Ella;[5] in 1894, after Mrs Everest was dismissed as nanny to Winston and Jack Churchill, Rev. Phillips took her into his home for about a year,[6] until she found her final home with her sister.
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