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Entry Type	Person
Surname	Phillipps
Forenames	Thomas
Pre Title	Sir
Epithet	1st Baronet, antiquary and book collector
Dates	1792-1872
Gender Identity	Male
Biography	During his lifetime, Phillipps amassed a collection of over 60,000 manuscripts and other books. Although he endeavoured to ensure the collection would stay together after his deaht, entering discussions with the Bodleian Library and later the British Musuem. Both negotiations were unsuccessful and ultimately the collection was sold in multiple sales from 1885 by his grandson. By 1946 the majority was still unsold but purchased by the London antiquarian booksellers Lionel and Philip Robinson, and was then sold on by them. Items from the collection are now to be found in various public repositories, including the Bodleian Library and several county record offices (including a small number of items in Derbyshire).
Family Tree	Illegimate and only child of Thomas Phillipps (1742-1818) of Phillipps, Lowe & Co., calico manufacturers and printers of Manchester
Source	See Wikipedia, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
Authorised Form of Name	Phillipps; Sir; Thomas (1792-1872); 1st Baronet, antiquary and book collector

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