NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Phillips, Molesworth, 1755-1832 DNB: Phillips, Molesworth (1755-1832), marine officer LBT ID: MoPhill1832 VIAF ID: 96799668 LOC ID: no2009117413 | B/BAP: 1755-08-15 DIED: 1832-09-11 |
SOURCES: DNB; Prance, Companion to Charles Lamb (1983); Virtual International Authority File; LOC Name Authority File | |
He sailed with Captain Cook as a marine and upon his return married Susanna, sister of
Fanny Burney; in later life he was a friend of Robert Southey and Charles Lamb. Hazlitt
believed he was a government spy. | |