Thompson Phillips

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.

Notes[edit]

^ Canon Thompson Phillips The Times (London, England), Tuesday, Apr 20, 1909; pg. 13; Issue 38938.
^ "Phillips, Thompson (PHLS852T)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1908 p 1127: London, Horace Cox, 1908
^ ‘PHILLIPS, Ven. Thompson’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2015; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 ; online edn, April 2014 accessed 23 July 2015
^ Churchill, Winston. My Early Life: 1874-1904. Amazon Kindle Edition. pp. Location 334.
^ Churchill, Randolph. Winston S. Churchill: Youth, 1874-1900. Amazon Kindle Edition. pp. Location 4831.

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Preceded by Arthur Crosse	Archdeacon of Furness 1892 – 1901	Succeeded by Cecil Boutflower

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[1] Canon Thompson Phillips The Times (London, England), Tuesday, Apr 20, 1909; pg. 13; Issue 38938.

[2] "Phillips, Thompson (PHLS852T)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.

[3] Crockford's Clerical Directory 1908 p 1127: London, Horace Cox, 1908

[4] ‘PHILLIPS, Ven. Thompson’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2015; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 ; online edn, April 2014 accessed 23 July 2015

[5] Churchill, Winston. My Early Life: 1874-1904. Amazon Kindle Edition. pp. Location 334.

[6] Churchill, Randolph. Winston S. Churchill: Youth, 1874-1900. Amazon Kindle Edition. pp. Location 4831.

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v t e Archdeacons of Westmorland, of Furness, and of Westmorland and Furness
Westmorland	Robert Evans John Cooper John Diggle William Sherwen Campbell West-Watson, Bishop suffragan of Barrow-in-Furness Henry Lafone John Hopkinson Harold Mulliner Hubert Wilkinson Cyril Bulley, Bishop suffragan of Penrith (became Archdeacon of Westmorland and Furness)
Furness	Arthur Crosse Thompson Phillips Cecil Boutflower Herbert Campbell Henry Lafone Campbell West-Watson, Bishop suffragan of Barrow-in-Furness Godfrey Smith Herbert Turner, Bishop suffragan of Penrith
Westmorland and Furness	Cyril Bulley, Bishop suffragan of Penrith (previously Archdeacon of Westmorland) Richard Hare Walter Ewbank Arthur Attwell Peter Vaughan Lawrie Peat David Jenkins George Howe Penny Driver Vernon Ross

v t e Diocese of Carlisle
Carlisle Cathedral Bishop's House, Keswick Rose Castle Church House, Carlisle
Office holders	Rob Saner-Haigh, Acting Bishop of Carlisle and Bishop suffragan of Penrith AEO: Stephen Race, Bishop suffragan of Beverley & Rob Munro, Bishop suffragan of Ebbsfleet Jonathan Brewster, Dean of Carlisle Vernon Ross, Archdeacon of Westmorland and Furness Stewart Fyfe, Archdeacon of West Cumberland Archdeacon of Carlisle (vacant)
Historic offices	Bishop suffragan of Barrow (1889–1944) Archdeacon of Furness (1884–1959; merged into Westmorland)