144:"Lieutenant Colonel Commandant" with authority over all local volunteer corps. Hanson's claim rested on his corps being older and larger than others in the district, and formed after letters of encouragement from the Earl of Derby acting as Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire, and from Britain's Secretary of State Lord Hawkesbury. Philips rejected these arguments and publicly questioned Hanson's loyalty to the Crown.
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He was the son of John
Philips (1734–1824), who founded the cotton spinning firm Philips & Lee. The family had significant community and legal connections; in addition to his cotton business John Philips held public office as Deputy Lieutenant for Cheshire, Justice of the Peace for Lancashire and
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Undeterred, Philips began a lengthy correspondence with both the Earl of Derby and Lord
Hawkesbury, seeking adjudication of the dispute in his favour. Derby replied first, supporting Hanson's claim but refusing to get further involved. After some delay Hawkesbury also replied, and in blunter terms.
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The
Philips' family's elevated social status encouraged John Leigh Philips to consider himself the natural leader of Manchester's military establishment. He was therefore offended when another militia commander, Joseph Hanson of the Salford and Stockport Independent Rifles, declared himself
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Philips died, his book and art collections were sold. Also for sale was his "cabinet of insects", in three showcases, which was bought by Thomas Henry Robinson with the natural history collection, for over £5,000. It was acquire by a group who in 1821 set up the
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Proceedings of the Manchester literary & philosophical society. (Manchester Memoirs.) Selections from the Correspondence of Lieutenant-Colonel John Leigh Philips, of Mayfield, Manchester, t.
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on 28 July 1804. At the moment they were about to shoot the duel as broken up by constables from
Manchester. Philips and Hanson were arrested, but released after a caution to keep the peace.
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Philips immediately resigned from the militia, as did all 53 officers of his regiment. Leaderless, the regiment itself collapsed and its men were subsumed into other companies.
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Hanson's right to the title of
Lieutenant Colonel Commandant was upheld and Philips was rebuked for "disputing the authority under which the regulations were made."
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John Leigh
Philips himself became involved in the textile industry. For a time he was in business with his brother Francis, who outlived him, dying in 1850.
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In late 1803 Philips was granted command of the First
Regiment of the Manchester and Salford Corps, a volunteer militia which served as part of Britain's
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