Ernest Phillips (1870 – 1956)

Born – 24 Oct 1870 Sheffield (eldest of 6 children)
Bapt – 7 Dec 1870 Methodist Chapel, Petre Street,
Died – 1 Sept 1956 aged 85 at 42 Thorne Road, Doncaster
Bur –
Probate – Wakefield 15 March 1957 – £2370
Married 1 – Jan 1894 Sheffield
Married 2 – Apr 1925 Leeds
Occupation – Journalist,
Editor of Doncaster Chronicle
Angling Editor, Yorkshire Evening Post

Parents – Peter Phillips (1837-1893) & Sarah Ann Law (1851- ) (Newsagent)

Census for Ernest Phillips
1891 – 17 Sutherland St. Brightside, Sheffield
1901 – 17 Sutherland St. Brightside, Sheffield
1911 – 81 Broxholme Lane, Doncaster
1921 – 81 Broxholme Lane, Doncaster
1939 – Edenfield Nursing Home, Thorne Rd. Doncaster

Publications
How to Become a Journalist by Ernest Phillips 1895
Trout in Lakes & Reservoirs by Ernest Phillips, Longmans, Green & Co., 1914
The Chronicle Illustrated Fishing Guide to Fish & Fishing in the Don Valley and The Isle of Axholme by Ernest Phillips, Doncaster Chronicle Printing & Publishing Co. Ltd., Doncaster 1921
The Story of Doncaster by Ernest Phillips & G.R.H. Danby, MA, Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons Ltd., Bath 1921
Float Fishing by Ernest Phillips, George Allen & Unwin Ltd., London 1925
Fishing by Ernest Phillips, MBE, Watmough’s Ltd., Idle, Bradford 1945
The Golden Trout by Ernest Phillips, MBE, Watmough’s Ltd., Idle, Bradford 1948
Fishing for Trout by Ernest Phillips Dalesman Publishing 1 Mar 1966

Also has articles in
Fishing Gazette
Shooting Times
The Field
Manchester Guardian