Talk:John Lewis Phipps
Latest comment: 14 years ago by 45ossington in topic American businessperson?
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American businessperson?
editI think that Phipps would be surprised to hear that he was categorised as an American. He was born and died in the UK; his business may have had an American office, but traded principally between Rio and Liverpool; he married an Englishwoman; his principal residence was in the UK; he was a British subject; he had a number of official English capacities (eg MP for Westbury and High Sheriff of Wiltshire). I am therefore restoring the category previously used of 19th century businesspeople. 45ossington (talk) 06:49, 11 June 2010 (UTC)