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Biographical notes on miscellaneous players from outside
Yorkshire and Lancashire.
(See Person Index for
main alphabetic index.)
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Frederick Ernest Phillips
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Birth:
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1854, Litchurch,
Derby
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Death:
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24/10/1931, 11
Cromley Road, Woodsmoor, Stockport, Cheshire [probate]
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Parents:
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Telegraph
instrument maker Edwin Phillips (born 1817/18, Birmingham) and Elizabeth
Phillips (née ?, 1821/22, Edinburgh)
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Siblings:
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Emma V Phillips,
born 1847/48, Covent Garden, London
Elizabeth F
Phillips, born 1849/50, Litchurch, Derby
Edwin Phillips,
born 1851/52, Litchurch, Derby
Walter Sydney
Phillips, born 1857, Litchurch, Derby
Margaret Mary
Phillips, born May/Jun 1860, Litchurch, Derby
Albert Phillips,
born 1863, Litchurch, Derby
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Marriage:
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to Mary Ann Bell
(born 27/03/1861, Isle of Man; dau. of William Bell, shoemaker; bap.
17/04/1861, Castle Town, IoM), on 16/10/1888, at the parish church of
Malew, IoM, by Hugh S Gill, vicar.
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Children:
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Edwin William
Harold Phillips (known as Harold), born 1889, Alvaston, Derby; bap.
25/08/1889, Chapel of St. Mary, Castletown, IoM
Frederick Cyril
S Phillips (known as Cyril), born 1890/91, Alvaston, Derby
Kenneth Bell
Phillips (known as Kenneth), born 1892, Derby; bap. 31/07/1892, Chapel of
St. Mary, Castletown, IoM
Maurice Lewin
Phillips, born 1893, Derby (known as Maurice)
Percy Ross
Phillips, born 1895, Derby
Eric Gladstone
Phillips, born 1899, Derby (known as Eric)
A Railway
Family
Kenneth, after 6
years with the Midland Railway, sailed on 25/03/1913 to become Assistant
Traffic Manager of the North Borneo State Railway. Brother Cyril was
already working with the North Borneo State Railway.
Cyril became
chief mechanical engineer and Traffic Superintendent of the Borneo State
Railways, becoming General Manager, with headquarters at Jesselton, British
North Borneo, in 1930.
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Residence,
Occupation:
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30/03/1851
[census]: Regent Street, Litchurch, Derby; father a machinist journeyman
07/04/1861
[census]: 72, Regent Street, Litchurch, Derby; father a telegraph machine
maker; Frederick a scholar
02/04/1871
[census]: 4 Wilmot Street, Derby; father a telegraph machine maker;
Frederick a railway clerk
03/04/1881
[census]: (elusive)
16/10/1888
[marriage register]: Osmaston, Derby; railway clerk
05/04/1891
[census]: 4 Gilbert Terrace, Osmaston, Derby; railway clerk
31/03/1901
[census]: 192 Kedleston Road, Derby; railway clerk in clearing office
02/04/1911
[census]: 12 Crompton Street, Derby; chief clerk with Midland Ralway
In March 1921 he
retired from the Midland Railway, after 50 years’ service, mainly in
the clearing office (per Derby Daily Telegraph, 15/12/1930), and
evidently moved at some stage to live in his wife’s native Isle of
Man.
24/10/1931
[probate]: Heron Dene, Ballasalla (2 miles NE of
Castletown), Isle of Man
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Death:
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Frederick Ernest
Phillips died on 24/10/1931, at 11 Cromley Road, Woodsmoor, Stockport, Cheshire
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Chess:
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Evidence exists
of his chess activity over at least the period 1876 to 1907, whereafter he
becomes more noticeable in politics, as a member of the Derby Liberal
Association, or as an activist in connection with perceived flaws in the
Poor Law. As a Derby-resident railway employee, he was naturally a
member of the enterprising Midland Railway Institute Chess Club, which was
based in Derby. He also represented Derby itself, and
Derbyshire. He was one of those attending the meeting at which the
Derbyshire Chess Club was formed, on 05/10/1881, in Low’s Restaurant,
Victoria Street, Derby, and the meeting unanimously elected him club
captain.
He played in
both the North of England v South matches, of 1893
and 1894.
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Identification:
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Articles in the Sheffield
Daily Telegraph of 10/03/1913 and the Derby Daily Telegraph of 15/12/1930
identify this “F E Phillips” as a chess-player who was father
of Cyril and Kenneth, the three having worked for the Midland Railway, so identifying
the chess-player “F E Phillips” for certain.
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