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English illustrator, novelist and playwright
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- Watts Phillips (16 November 1825 – 2 December 1874) was an English illustrator, novelist and playwright best known for his play The Dead Heart, which served as a model for Charles Dickens ' A Tale of Two Cities.
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PHILLIPS, WATTS (1825–1874), dramatist and designer, of Irish extraction, was born in November 1825, his christian name being that of his mother's family.
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These records, from series ADM 196, are the service records of officers who joined the Royal Navy between 1756 and 1931. They include service records for commissioned officers joining the Navy up to 1917 and warrant officers joining up to 1931. They also feature the records of Royal Marines officers commissioned between 1793 and 1925. Commissioned ...
Until the late 19th century these service records tend to be very basic. The majority will contain: 1. an officer’s first name 2. an officer’s rank 3. the names of the ships they served on 4. the dates of entry and discharge from each ship and the total time served 5. they may record an officer’s date of death From the late 19th century onwards som...
If you cannot find a service record the explanation may be that: 1. The officer died or left service before records were systematically kept from the 1840s 2. The officer served with the Royal Naval Reserve or the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve 3. You should be searching for a rating, not an officer; in this case, try Royal Navy ratings’ service rec...
Watts Phillips (16 November 1825 – 2 December 1874) was an English illustrator, novelist and playwright best known for his play The Dead Heart, which served as a model for Charles Dickens' A Tale of Two Cities.
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Sir Philip Beverley Watts KCMG (born 25 June 1945) is a former chairman of the multinational energy company Shell and a priest in the Church of England.
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