Philip Manfield

A year later, in 1844, with the help of the local Unitarian church he opened his own shoe manufacturing business, Manfield and Sons, initially focusing on army contracts and the lower end of the market.

[3] In 1845, he married Elizabeth Cambridge Newman with whom he had a daughter who died in infancy.

He was a member of the Northampton Town Council for 22 years and became mayor of the city in 1894.

[2] Sir Philip died in Northampton at aged 80, nearly three weeks after the death of his second wife.

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