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Lord Philip Albert INMAN
1892 - 1979 (87 years)
Has 15 ancestors and 6 descendants in this family tree.
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Name Philip Albert INMAN Prefix Lord Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born 12 Jun 1892 Knaresborough, Yorkshire, England 
- GRO ref: Inman, Philip Albert q3 1892 Knaresborough RD 9a 97; GRO online index shows mother's maiden name as Bickerdike
Philip's birthplace
A plaque on the wall shows it to be where the cottage stood that Philip was born in.Baptised 1 Jul 1892 St. John the Baptist Church, Knaresborough, Yorkshire, England Gender Male Education 1901 Knaresborough, Yorkshire, England Schooling Occupation 1911 Chemist assistant Education Abt 1912 Headingley College, Leeds, Yorkshire, England - Philip started studying at this Wesleyan (Methodist) training college, but his studies were interrupted by WW1.
Biography “The two pillars of Charing Cross: The story of a famous hospital” - This book is partly about Philip
(by R. J. Minney, published 1967)
Military Service From 1915 to 1916 WW1 - Served in WW1 1915-6 until invalided out due to contracting TB
Occupation From 4 Nov 1918 to 1921 London, England Organising Secretary to the London Hospital Saturday Fund Occupation From 8 Oct 1921 Charing Cross Hospital, London, England Chief Administrative Officer Book 1927 “The Human Touch. Sunshine and shadow in a London hospital” Miscellaneous 1930 Middlesbrough West Division, Yorkshire, England Parliamentary Candidate - Was the Labour party candidate for a while but had to withdraw due to ill health.
Book 1932 “The Golden Cup” Book 1932 “The Silent Loom” Book 1935 “Oil and Wine” Occupation From 1936 Charing Cross Hospital, London, England Chairman Book 1937 “Christ In The Modern Hospital” Book 1938 “Dick Sheppard - An Apostle of Brotherhood” - Authored by Philip with 7 others (William Paxton, Hugh Redwood, A. Maude Royden, Mrs C.B. Alderton, C.G. Ammon, J.G. Beaumont and J.W. Tuffley)
Book 1942 “Straight runs Harley Street” - novel - Unlike his other books, this one is a novel. Like most novelists, though, Philip has set most, probably all, in places known to him - including Balham, where there is a couple and their son. Is this family based on my Dad and his parents, with whom Philip sometimes had tea? I guess it it, though the situation is different. My grandfather suffered a lot of ill health, in the novel the mother is ill. The doctor in the novel helps the Balham lad become a doctor. Did Philip have this hope for my Dad? If so it was in vain, he didn't pass the exams for grammar school and left at 14 to become an office boy!
Honours 1946 The 1st Baron Inman of Knaresborough - For services to the Labour party and work for Charing Cross Hospital.
Occupation From 1 Jan 1947 Chairman of the B.B.C. Biography 1952 “No Going Back” - autobiography Biography 1978 “Irons in the Fire” - autobiography - My parents received a copy with a letter, around Christmas 1978 from Philip and May, but it appears to have been privately published and is not widely available.
Died 26 Aug 1979 Cuckfield Reg Dist, Sussex, England - GRO ref: q3 1979 Cuckfield RD 18 1723
Siblings2 brothers and 1 sister Half-siblings2 half brothers and 2 half sisters (family of Philip INMAN and Sarah CRAVEN) Patriarch & Matriarch 
John INMAN, d. Yes, date unknown (Great Grandfather)
Elizabeth METCALF, b. Abt 1812, Kilburn, Yorkshire, England, d. Mar Q 1891, Great Ouseburn Reg Dist, Yorkshire, England (Age ~ 79 years) (Grandmother) Notes - Wrote a number of books, mainly about his work at Charing Cross Hospital
Person ID I121 All | The Inman eighth - ancestors and descendants of Philip Inman and Sarah née Craven Last Modified 5 Aug 2023
Father Philip INMAN, b. 19 Mar 1818, Knaresborough, Yorkshire, England , d. 5 Apr 1894, Kirkgate, Knaresborough, Yorkshire, England (Age 76 years)
Other Partners: Sarah CRAVEN m. 31 May 1846Mother Hannah BICKERDYKE, b. Dec Q 1856, Great Ouseburn, Yorkshire, England , d. 9 Aug 1924, 90, Wood Street, Norton, Malton, Yorkshire, England (Age ~ 68 years)
Other Partners: John BRADLEY m. Jun Q 1909; George FISHER m. Mar Q 1915Married Jun Q 1883 Leeds Reg Dist, Yorkshire, England - GRO ref: Inman, Philip to Bickerdyke, Hannah q2 1883 Leeds RD 9b 627
(the page no. indicates the marriage was not in a Church of England church, but in a Register Office or non-confirmist church)
Family ID F66 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family May Amelie DEW, b. 19 May 1900, (probably), Marylebone Reg Dist, London, England , d. 8 May 1988, Haywards Heath Reg Dist, Sussex, England (Age 87 years) Married 27 Aug 1919 Hendon Reg Dist, London, England - GRO ref: Inman, Philip A to Dew, May A q3 1919 Hendon RD 3a 908
Children2 children Last Modified 16 Mar 2017 Family ID F67 Family Group Page | Family Chart
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Born - 12 Jun 1892 - Knaresborough, Yorkshire, England 
Baptised - 1 Jul 1892 - St. John the Baptist Church, Knaresborough, Yorkshire, England Education - Schooling - 1901 - Knaresborough, Yorkshire, England 
Education - Abt 1912 - Headingley College, Leeds, Yorkshire, England 
Occupation - Organising Secretary to the London Hospital Saturday Fund - From 4 Nov 1918 to 1921 - London, England = Link to Google Earth (if installed; see link below to install) Pin Legend 
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Philip Inman's home in Kirkgate
My 2 x great grandfather seems to have been living in Kirkgate by 1851 and until his death in 1894. These cottages include the one where his youngest son Philip was born in 1892, and this was quite likely where he had lived for all of those years, with both his wives and families.
Described by Philip Inman junior (b.1892) in his autobiography "No Going Back" (p.11):
The home I was born into was a cottage, one of a row of four, long since demolished. They were whitewashed and had thatched…
Documents 
"No Going Back"
The obituary of Philip Inman
Histories 
The Inmans: a family of characters
My great grandfather John a servant but described himself as a 'gentleman'; pretended a golf's club money was his - and in his 60s asked for the hand of a young woman in her 20s - but accepted her older sister instead.
His brother - commemorated by a plaque in Knaresborough Church due to his work for it.
Their half-brother - elevated to the peerage.