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Thomas Phillipps and Hannah Walton (illegitimate) [1] Sir Thomas Phillipps, 1st Baronet (2 July 1792 – 6 February 1872), was an English antiquary and book collector [ 2 ] who amassed the largest collection of manuscript material in the 19th century.
The house itself was bought by Sir Thomas Phillipps, Bt and used to house his huge book collection, which he transferred from his seat at Middlehill. [3] The house was afterwards inherited by his family. [4] The building is currently owned by Cheltenham College who bought it in 1947 for £31,326. [3]
In 1676, the Manor of Kentwell, along with the accompanying Manor of Monks, Melford, were sold by Sir Thomas Darcy to Thomas Robinson. The recorded price was a total of £242 for 260 acres (1.1 km 2 ) of land available to the new owner; and a further £518.10s.0d for 1,018 acres (4.12 km 2 ) of land let to tenants.
In 1946, he and his brother Philip, raised £20,000 of their own capital and £80,000 from an investment bank to purchase the remainder of the Phillipps Collection of books and manuscripts from Alan Fenwick, inherited from his father Thomas Fenwick and passed down from Sir Thomas Phillipps. (See A. L. Munby, Phillipps Studies Book V and below).
Sir Thomas Phillips (1801 – 26 May 1867) was a Welsh lawyer, politician, and businessman, who was Mayor of Newport in Monmouthshire at the time of the Newport Rising in 1839. Life [ edit ]
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Philadelphia Museum of Art, 36.2 in (92 cm) x 48.5 in (123.1 cm) Cleveland Museum of Art, 92 cm (36.2 in) x 123 cm (48.4 in). The Burning of the Houses of Lords and Commons, 16th October, 1834 is the title of two oil on canvas paintings by J. M. W. Turner, depicting different views of the fire that broke out at the Houses of Parliament on the evening of 16 October 1834.
The fire lasted for most of the night and destroyed a large part of the palace, including the converted St Stephen's Chapel—the meeting place of the House of Commons—the Lords Chamber, the Painted Chamber and the official residences of the Speaker and the Clerk of the House of Commons.