PHILLIPS, ---; b. ; at school in 1645 (Chapter Muniments 43144). [see Phillips, William]
PHILLIPPS, L.; b.; adm.; KS ; a contributor to the congratulatory verses by the KSS to Charles I on his return from Scotland 1633 (British Library, Royal MSS).
PHILLIMORE, WILLIAM, son of Joseph Phillimore (in school list 1764, qv); b. 5 Feb 1777; at school under Vincent (Steward, Anniversary Dinner 1817); adm. Lincoln’s Inn 2 Jul 1794, called to bar 19 Nov 1799; equity draftsman; a Commissioner of Lunatics 1815-42; Chairman, St. Albans QS; m. 4 Apr 1807 Almeria, youngest dau. of Godfrey Thornton, Mogerhanger, Beds., Governor, Bank of England; d. 28 Nov 1860.
PHILLIMORE, WILLIAM, elder son of Robert Phillimore, Kensington, Middlesex, attorney, and Elizabeth Jephson, Kendalls, Herts.; b. 26 Dec 1748; in school lists 1764; left Aug 1767; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 21 Oct 1767; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 13 Nov 1764; High Sheriff, Hertfordshire 1785; inherited family estate in Kensington, and initiated its development for housing in 1788; m. 6 Feb 1768 Mary, widow of --- Burr, Proctor, Court of Arches, and dau. of Thomas Chase, Burnley; d. 17 Oct 1818.
PHILLIMORE, WILLIAM THORNTON, second son of William Phillimore (at school under Vincent, qv); b. 5 Jul 1821; adm. 20 Jan 1834 (Benthall's); Min. Can. 1835; at Charterhouse Sch. 1836-8; Cadet, EICS Bengal 1839; Ensign, 10th Native Infantry 9 Oct 1840; Lieut., 23 Nov 1841; Capt., 8 Mar 1855; served in Indian Mutiny; killed by mutineers near Bithur 12 Mar 1857. Memorial Column.
PHILLIMORE, WILLIAM ROBERT, only son of William Phillimore (in school lists 1764, qv); b. 27 Oct 1768; adm. 9 Jul 1779; expelled for taking part with Sir Francis Burdett, Bart. (qv) in rebellion up School against Dr. Smith autumn 1786; Oriel Coll. Oxford, matr. 25 Jan 1787; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 21 Apr 1786; of Benwick Hall, Stapleford, Herts.; m. 27 Jun 1791 Hon. Sarah Henley, sister of Robert Henley-Ongley, 2nd Baron Ongley (I) (qv); d. 2 May 1829.
PHILLIMORE, WALTER GEORGE FRANK, 1ST BARON PHILLIMORE, only son of Sir Robert Joseph Phillimore, Bart. (qv); b. 21 Nov 1845; adm. 11 Nov 1857 (G); QS (Capt. ) 1859; Capt. of the School 1862; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1863, matr. 27 May 1863; Treasurer, Oxford Union 1866; 1st cl. Classics (Mods) 1865, 1st cl. Lit. Hum. 1866; 1st cl. Law and Modern History 1867; BA 1867; BCL 1870; DCL 1875; Fellow, All Souls Coll. 1867-71; Vinerian Law Scholar 1868; adm. Middle Temple 21 Nov 1865, called to bar 17 Nov 1868, Bencher 1888, Treasurer 1908; patent of precedence Dec 1883; succ. father as 2nd baronet 4 Feb 1885; Chancellor, Diocese of Lincoln 1872-97; contested (Liberal) St. George’s, Hanover Square 1885, Henley 1886 1892; Judge of Queen’s Bench Division, High Court of Justice 1897-1913; Lord Justice of Appeal Oct 1913 – autumn 1916, retd.; Privy Councillor 19 Dec 1913; created Baron Phillimore 2 Jul 1918; President, Naval Prize Tribunal 1918-28; British member, Council of League of Nations for solving German and Polish disputes 1924; GBE 1928; LLD Edinburgh 1898; LLD Birmingham 1918; hon. FBA; President, International Law Association 1905-8; inherited Phillimore estate, Kensington, in 1900; Alderman, Kensington BC, Mayor 1909-11; President, English Church Union 1919-20; Commander, Order of the Crown (Belgium) 1921; JP Oxfordshire; Busby Trustee from 17 Jun 1884; Governor of the School from 1885; Vice-Pres., Elizabethan Club 1917-20, President from 1920; benefactor to the School; author, Three Centuries of Treaties of Peace and their Teaching, 1917, and other works; m. 26 Jul 1870 Agnes, eldest dau. of Charles Manners Lushington MP, Norton Court, Kent; d. 13 Mar 1929. DNB.
PHILLIMORE, ROBERT, son of Joseph Phillimore (in school list 1764, qv); b. 19 Oct 1783; adm.; KS 1797; played cricket at Lord’s v. Eton 31 Jul 1800, 31 Jul 1801; Capt. of the School 1801; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1802, matr. 29 May 1802, Westminster Student; BA 1806; MA 1808; an Usher at the School 1805-7; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 5 Feb 1808; ordained 1810; Perpetual Curate of Hawkhurst, Kent 11 Nov 1812 – 18 Aug 1814; Vicar of Shipton-under-Wychwood, Oxfordshire 20 Oct 1814; Rector of Slapton, Bucks., from 20 Apr 1815; JP Oxfordshire; d. unm. 25 Sep 1852.
PHILLIMORE, SIR ROBERT JOSEPH, BART., third son of Joseph Phillimore (b. 1775, qv); b. 5 Nov 1810; adm. 1 Feb 1820 (G); KS 1824; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1828, matr. 16 May 1828, Westminster Student; BA 1832; MA 1834; BCL 1835; DCL 1838; Clerk, Board of Control 20 Feb 1832 – 6 Apr 1835; adm. Middle Temple 17 Nov 1837, called to bar 7 May 1841, Bencher 1858, Treasurer 1859; adm. advocate, Doctors’ Commons 2 Nov 1839; Chancellor, Dioceses of Chichester 1844, Salisbury 1845 and London 1855; QC 16 Jan 1858; MP (Peelite/Liberal) Tavistock Feb 1853-7; Admiralty Advocate 1855-62; Judge of Cinque Ports 1855-75; Queen’s Advocate 1862-7; knighted 17 Sep 1862; Dean of Arches 1867-75, Master of the Faculties 1873-5; Judge of High Court of Admiralty 1867-75; Privy Councillor 3 Aug 1867; Judge of Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Division, High Court of Justice 1875-83; Judge Advocate-General 17 May 1871 – Aug 1873; created baronet 28 Dec 1881; a personal friend and political supporter of Gladstone; gave evidence before the Public Schools Commission 23 Jun 1862 (Parliamentary Papers 1864, vol. xxi, pp 428-32); Busby Trustee 19 May 1868- Jun 1884; Governor of the School from 1869; benefactor to the School; President, Elizabethan Club, from 1876; translated Lessing, Laocoon 1874; author, Commentaries on International law, 1854-61, and other legal works; m. 19 Dec 1844 Charlotte Anne, third dau. of John Denison MP, Ossington Hall, near Newark, Notts.; d. 4 Feb 1885. DNB.
In 1863 and 1864 he gave prizes for an English essay, and in the latter year he expressed his intention of giving an annual prize of £6 6s for the essay, and a further prize of £3 3s. for translation into English. These prizes were awarded by him up to his death in 1885, and continued to be awarded after his death from funding supplied by his son Walter George Frank Phillimore, 1st Baron Phillimore (qv), also one of the School’s benefactors.
Phillimore, The Hon. Robert Charles, eldest son of Walter George Frank Phillimore (q.v.), Baron Phillimore; b. Aug. 19, 1871; adm. as Q.S. June 3, 1885; left July 1887; Ch. Ch. Oxon., matric. Oct. 11, 1889; president O.U. Soc. 1892; called to the bar at the Middle Temple June 26, 1895; served in a hospital for French soldiers at Arc-en-Barrois, France, in Great War I; m. Dec. 12, 1895, Lucy, eldest daughter of William Fitzpatrick, of Locust Lodge, co. Down; d. Sept. 12, 1919.