Draft:Arthur Phillips (barrister)

Arthur Phillips (1838 – 1921) was the Standing Counsel to the Government of India (1867 to 1895).[1] He delivered the 1874-5 Tagore Law Lecture on The Law Relating to The Land Tenures of Lower Bengal.[2]

Life

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Phillips was born in Cambridge, United Kingdom, the eldest son of Thomas Phillips.

After being accepted as a chorister, Phillips was educated at St Catharine's College, Cambridge where he was elected Fellow in 1866.[3]

Works

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Phillips, Arthur (1876). The Law Relating to The Land Tenures of Lower Bengal. Calcutta: Thacker, Spink and Co. ISBN 978-1178174151.

Phillips, Arthur; Trevelyan, Ernest (1901). The Law Relating to Hindu Wills, Including the Hindu Wills Act and the Probate and Administration Act. London: W. Thacker & Company.


Phillips, Arthur (1923). The Failure of the Higher Criticism of the Old Testament. London: London : John Bale, Sons & Danielsson, Ltd.

References

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  1. ^ "Funeral of Mr. Arthur Phillips". Bath Chronicle and Weekly Gazette. 8 January 1921. p. 7.
  2. ^ Phillips, Arthur (1876). The Law Relating to The Land Tenures of Lower Bengal. Calcutta: Thacker, Spink and Co. ISBN 978-1178174151.
  3. ^ "Phillips,Arthur (PHLS861A)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.