Thompson Phillips (1832 – 1909) was

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from 1892 until 1901. Born at Convamore, County Cork, Ireland, he was educated at

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and

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, and

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priest in 1857. After curacies in

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and

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he held incumbencies at Holme Eden, Ivegill and

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. He married Eliza, daughter of General

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. Their eldest son was James Robert Phillips. For twelve years he employed

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as a nanny to his daughter, Ella; in 1894, after Mrs Everest was dismissed as nanny to Winston and

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, Rev. Phillips took her into his home for about a year, until she found her final home with her sister.

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People educated at Manchester Grammar School Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge Archdeacons of Furness 1832 births 1909 deaths Alumni of Trinity College Dublin {{York-archdeacon-stub