Adolph Phillips the Elder

Adolph Phillips (born February 2, 1813 in Königsberg (Prussia) , † March 29, 1877 Elbing ) was a Prussian politician.

family

Adolph Phillips was a son of the English businessman James Phillips, who immigrated to Königsberg from Birmingham, and his wife Eleonore. The legal historian and canon lawyer Georg Phillips was his brother. The journalist and left-liberal politician Adolph Phillips was his son.

Life

Adolph Phillips studied law. In 1832 he became a member of the Corps Saxo-Borussia at Heidelberg University . After completing his studies, he pursued a career as a judge and became a higher regional court assessor. In 1843 he was elected Lord Mayor of the City of Elbing. He held the office until 1853. He was a member of the Prussian National Assembly of 1848 for the constituency of Elbing , and he was elected its 2nd President. Later he was a member of the Prussian House of Representatives. Phillips was one of the leading figures in the liberal movement in East Prussia.

literature

• List of names of the Berlin National Assembly [as of November 20, 1848] (Sign. Of the Frankfurt / Main University Library: Sf 16/101, No. 23) ( digitized ( memento from January 12, 2014 in the Internet Archive ))
• Andreas Thíer:  Phillips, Georg. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 20, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-428-00201-6 , p. 401 f. ( Digitized version ). (with some biographical data on Adolph Phillips)

Web links

• Wolfgang Fred Rump about Adolph Phillips on www.genealogy.net

Individual evidence

1. ^ Kösener corps lists 1910, 120 , 141
2. ↑ Kösener Corpslisten 1960, 66 , 141
3. ↑ Christian Pletzing: From Springtime to National Conflict - German and Polish Nationalism in East and West Prussia 1830-1871 , 2003, p. 39 ( digitized version )

See also

• List of members of the Prussian National Assembly