1. Philip Philips held the office from 1871 to 1874 and immediately prior to that, he was chairman of the City Board.
11 Facts About Philip Philips
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Philip Philips was a member of the Auckland Provincial Council and the Auckland Harbour Board.
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Philip Philips worked in a wholesale firm in London from 1845 to 1848.
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Philip Philips then emigrated to New Zealand and arrived in Auckland in August 1848.
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The couple returned to Auckland and Philips opened a second hardware store; this one in lower Queen Street.
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Philip Philips was bankrupted in the post-war economic bust following the New Zealand Wars.
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Philip Philips's wife died on 18 February 1888 at age 52.
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Philip Philips was buried in the Jewish part of Symonds Street Cemetery.
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Philip Philips stood for election to the city board on 23 June 1869 but withdrew on election day.
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When Philips retired from the mayoralty, he became the city's town clerk and remained in that role until 1899.
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Philip Philips died at the Sydney Sanitarium in Wahroonga in June 1913.