Men-at-the-Bar/Phillips, John Roland

by Joseph Foster

Phillips, John Roland, police magistrate West Ham since June, 1881, deputy associate on South Wales circuit 1877-80, J.P. Essex, author of History of Cilgerran, The Civil War in Wales and the Marches 1642-9, Castles and Abbeys of South Wales, A Concise History of Glamorgan, An Essay on Local Taxation, a student of Lincoln's Inn 2 Nov., 1867 (then aged 23), called to the bar 10 June, 1870 (only son of David Phillips, Esq., of Cilgerran, co. Pembroke); born 18 June, 1844; married , 1873, Mary Elizabeth, dau. of A. Hargreaves, Esq., of Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S.A.

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