A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Philipps Philipps, John
PHILIPPS. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 15; h-p., 25.)
John Philipps Philipps entered the Navy, 26 May, 1807, as Fst.-cl. Vol,, on board the Téméraire 98, Capts. Sir Chas. Hamilton and Edw. Sneyd Clay; the former of whom, after having been for three years and a half employed in the Channel and Baltic, part of the time under the flag of Rear-Admiral Manley Dixon, he rejoined, as Midshipman, in Dec. 1809, on board the Tonnant 80, commanded subsequently, off Cadiz and Lisbon, by Capts. Hassard Stackpoole and Sir John Gore. He next, from June, 1812, until May, 1815, served, In the Channel, at St. Helena and the Cape of Good Hope, on the coast of North America, and in the West Indies, in the Niemen 38, Capt. Sam. Pym. In the following Aug., being then at Plymouth in the San Josef 110, he was presented with a commission bearing date 6 of the preceding March. His last appointments were, 27 June, 1837, and 8 Aug. 1839, to the command of the Lucifer and Medusa steam-packets, in which he served until July, 1844. Agent – W. H. B. Barwis.