A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Philipps, Griffith Grismond
PHILIPPS. (Lieutenant, 1844.)
Griffith Grismond Philipps is son of Commander John Henry Philipps, R.N.
This officer served as Midshipman of the Dartmouth 42, Capt. Thos. Fellowes, at the battle of Navarin 20 Oct. 1827. He passed his examination in 1831; and obtained, 28 June, 1838, a commission, the date of which was afterwards altered to 7 Feb. 1844. His appointments have since been – 5 July, 1838, as Additional Lieutenant, to the Cornwallis 72, bearing the flag of Sir Thos. Harvey in North America and the West Indies – 28 March, 1839, to the Seringapatam 42, Capts. John Leith and Wm. Ward Percival Johnson, on the same station, whence he returned to England and was paid off in Nov. 1841 – 9 March, 1842, as First, to the Ringdove 16, Capt. Sir Wm. Daniell, with whom he served in the West Indies until Feb. 1844 – 2 June, 1845, to the Hecate steam-sloop, of 240-horse power, Capt. Joseph West, fitting for the coast of Africa – and, 23 Nov. 1847, after a brief interval of half-pay, to the Acheron steam surveying-vessel, of 160-horse power, Capt. John Lort Stokes, now in the East Indies. Agents – Messrs. Halford and Co.