Lt. Gen. Arthur PHELPS
Born 24 October 1837, Madeira.Tenth child and fourth son of Elizabeth DICKINSON and Joseph PHELPS. .
Married 19 Feb.1868, Caroline Ann PEYTON his second cousin (17 Jan 1833 - 9 June 1904)
They had four children
Malet Peyton PHELPS (in Aden) 7 Jan 1869 - 11 Jan 1951 m.
Dorothy Heath SMITH
Murray Newton PHELPS 5 Jan 1871 - 1949 m. Ethel May KITSON
Elizabeth (Elsie) Lora PHELPS 4 Sept 1872 - . m.Charles Holt
CALDICOTT
George Ingram de Brissac PHELPS 2 July 1875 - . m.Evangeline
Josephine FENTON
See Emma Evans' letters to Arthur.
Ode to
General Phelps
Penelope Forrest (née PHELPS) writes
Frances Ann Roper (née HUBBARD) writes
Legend has it (via his grand-daughters) that General Arthur Phelps had nine quirks, idiosyncrasies or 'isms:-
He was
Vegetarian, Unitarian
and in favour of Cremation.....He
believed in
Homeopathy and
was
Anti-Vaccination and Vivisection.
He also believed in
Bi-metalism
and always slept with his head towards the
magnetic pole.
His socks were
Digitated (but he
had to have a Batman to get his toes in !!)
Vegetarian
Unitarian
Cremation
Homeopathy
Anti-Vaccination
Anti-Vivisection
Bimetallism
Always slept with his head towards the magnetic pole
Wore digitated socks