Philips, William Philip, Doddington, Whitchurch, Salop, cm, u, auctioneer and appraiser (1833–36). Recorded as William Philip Phipps in 1835. His wife Maria died on 31 March 1833 at the age of 25 and his infant daughter Mary Ann Maria on 13 January of the following year. This double tragedy must have occurred at a time when he was planning to establish himself in the shop and premises at Doddington, the opening of which he announced in May 1834. He stated that he had just returned from London ‘with a choice assortment of carpeting and upholstery’ and intended setting aside a room ‘as a repository for the sale of Furniture etc.’. [D; Chester Courant, 6 April 1833, 21 January 1834, 13 May 1834]