George. His father was captain in the Royal Navy.
Elizabeth.
She was born in 1826/27 in Surrey (following the census of 1871).
She was the daughter of Edward Hawks of Hertfordshire.
However, Elizabeth could not be traced in census records before 1871
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George qualified in 1842 in medicine at St Bartholomew's Hospital
("Barts"), London (M.R.C.S.).
He became a surgeon in Whitwell, Hertfordshire.
Whitwell is a hamlet approx. 25 km NNE of St Albans.
For further details on his education as well as how he was seen by his
peers and patients see the obituary (at right) published in the
Britisch Medical Journey.
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They married in 1846. The marriage was celebrated in the All Saints Church in Walden, 2 km NE of Whitwell.
The medical practice was on High street (currently nr. 60), in the centre of Whitwell.
RM: George had the honour to become the doctor to Claude Bowes-Lyon, Lord Glamis (+1904), the paternal grandfather of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother.
Children (see also
census 1871):
− Charles Edward (1847-1904), married Ada Young.
− George Arthur (1850-1927), surgeon in Wallsall, Staffordshire, married
Mary Garrett (also children became physicians: their son George
Ramsay Phillips is the "inventor" of the
Phillips airway).
− Mary (1853-??), married Chas Colbeck, Fellow of Kings Master at Harrow
(1881-1957; became engineer and Colonel; for much more on him see
great war forum).
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− Ellen Louisa (1856-1937).
− Lucy Elizabeth (1858-??).
− Catherine Anne (1863-??), married William Stevens (??-1935), no children.
− Richard (1866-1955). [The following concise life story is extracted from Robinson (1974).] Richard was caught hunting on the Grounds of Lord Glamis (see above) and his father punished him by sending him away to Australia. After mishaps there he went 1902 to Fiji to first labour in a store but worked his way up to become colonial officer on Fiji. Married Kate Rae (daughter of his former employer) in 1905 in Australia. Retired to Australia at Mosman in Sydney. He donated his collection of Fijian moths to the Sydney Museum (there called the Phillips Collection). Their son Richard Henry Phillips became professional entomologist. See Richard's full life story.
− Percy Graham (1868-ca.1950), married Eliza Gale (1870-ca.1960).
At the time of the 1871 census the family had a governess (Ellen Cain) plus four servants.
The address is given as Whitewell Village,
Pauls Walden, Hitchin, Hertfordshire.
George was in practice for nearly fifty years.
Following the obituary (above),
he was a man blessed with a graet fund of quiet humour
and refined artistic tastes; he was a sincere friend of the poor.
Elizabeth died in 1886, about 60 years old.
In about 1900, at the age of about 80,
he acted as locumtenent to his son George in Wallsall, Staff.
George died in Whitwell in 1904, aged 85.
Sources:
RM (Richard Martin) provided from his archive basic information,
especially the photo of the painting and the list of the children.
The name of Elizabeth's father is from the family tree provided by
Antony Martin.
Further information came from internet searches (KSdB)
Robinson, G.S., 1974, "Macrolepidoptera of Fiji and Rotuma:
a taxonomic and biogeographic study", Thesis, Univ. Durham.
Back to the family tree page of G.M. Phillips and E. Hawks.