William Herbert Phillipps

Herbert was the son of Susannah (1813 – 26 December 1885)[1] and James Phillipps ( –1861), a medical student turned saddler and lay preacher[2] who arrived in Adelaide in 1839.

Wearing (later a Supreme Court judge) then in 1864 worked as tally clerk in the shipping company of Joseph Stilling.

[9] From 1879 he was Adelaide representative for Australasian Accident Assurance Association, Then from around 1882 to 1889 he was manager of Union Fire and Marine Insurance of New Zealand.

[17] For the last thirty years of his life, Sir Herbert devoted much of his time and efforts to a galaxy of worthy charities: He was president of the Brighton Blind, Deaf and Dumb Institution.

[4] He was elected councillor in the Brighton City Council in 1893[16] For over 25 years Sir Hubert was honorary consul for Belgium in South Australia and for his services was created Chevalier of the Order of Leopold by Albert, King of the Belgians.

His funeral was attended by a large number of prominent people and he was buried in a family plot in St Jude's cemetery, Brighton.