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{{short description|Jamaican judge (1904-1976)}}
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 | name        = Sir Rowland Ricketts Phillips
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 | office      = [[Chief Justice of Jamaica]]
 | term_start  = 1963
 | term_end    = 1968
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 | predecessor = [[Colin MacGregor|Sir Colin MacGregor]]
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'''Sir Rowland Ricketts Phillips''' (30 September 1904 – 11 October 1976) was a Jamaican [[judge]]. He served as [[Chief Justice of Jamaica]] from 1963 to 1968.<ref>[http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/Proud-to-be-Jamaican_12168995 Proud to be Jamaican.] Kimone Thompson, ''[[Jamaica Observer]]'', 5 August 2012. Retrieved 12 June 2019.</ref><ref name=supreme>{{cite web|url=https://www.supremecourt.gov.jm/content/chief-justices|title=Supreme Court of Jamaica - Chief Justices |accessdate=2020-08-16}}</ref>

==Early life and education==
Rowland Ricketts Phillips was born in [[Montego Bay]], [[Jamaica]], on September 30, 1904. He was the son of George Augustus Phillips.<ref name=whoswho>{{Who's Who | title=Phillips, Hon. Sir Rowland | id = U158466 | type = was | doi=10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U158466 | access-date = 2020-10-01 }}
</ref> Phillips attended [[Cornwall College, Jamaica|Cornwall College]].

==Legal career==
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Rowland Phillips was appointed [[Resident Magistrate]] in {{date?}}. He was elevated to serve as a [[Puisne Judge]] of the Supreme Court of Guyana on January 27, 1954.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=40090|date=February 2, 1954|page=719|supp=y}}</ref> He was named a [[Puisne Judge]] of the Supreme Court of Jamaica on October 23, 1959.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=41851|date=October 23, 1959|page=6693|supp=y}}</ref> Phillips was sworn in as Acting [[Governor General]] on August 2, 1967 by then Governor General [[Clifford Campbell|Sir Clifford Campbell]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://nljdigital.nlj.gov.jm/items/show/5615|title=Acting G.G. Sir Rowland Phillips pinning the star of the OBE on Sir Alexander|publisher=National Library of Jamaica Digital Collection|accessdate=August 20, 2020}}</ref>

==Personal life==
In 1947, Phillips married Enid Daphne Limonius.<ref name=whoswho/> He had four children, including two daughters: Ambassador Elinor Felix<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/editorial/saluting-our-great-men-and-women-in-the-quiet-professions-_170464?profile=&template=PrinterVersion|title=Saluting our great men and women|publisher=Jamaica Observer|date=2019-07-21|accessdate=2020-08-19}}</ref> and [[Hilary Phillips|Justice Hilary Phillips]].:<ref>{{cite news|url=https://jis.gov.jm/attorney-hilary-phillips-sworn-in-as-court-of-appeal-judge/|title=Attorney Hilary Phillips Sworn in as Court of Appeal Judge|publisher=Jamaica Information Service|date=2009-07-21|accessdate=2020-08-19}}</ref> and two sons, Rowland (aka 'Rennie') and Geoffrey.

==Honors and awards==
Rowland Phillips was knighted by [[Queen Elizabeth II]] on October 15, 1964.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=43205|date=December 31, 1963|page=47|supp=y}}</ref><ref>{{London Gazette|issue=43468|date=October 20, 1964|page=8939|supp=}}</ref>

== References ==
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