Philip Marchington | |
Birth Date: | October 28, 1736 |
Death Date: | November 2, 1808 (aged 72) |
Death Place: | Halifax, Nova Scotia |
Birth Place: | Chapel-en-le-Frith, Derbyshire, England |
Office: | Member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from Cumberland County |
Termstart: | 1786 |
Termend: | 1793 |
Philip Marchington (October 28, 1736 - November 2, 1808) was a British-Canadian merchant and political figure in Nova Scotia. He represented Cumberland County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1786 to 1793.
Marchington was born in Chapel-en-le-Frith in the High Peak district of Derbyshire, England. Philip was baptized on October 28, 1736, by Dr. James Clegg of Chinley Independent Chapel.
He was a United Empire Loyalist from Pennsylvania who came to Halifax in 1784. A leader of the Methodist church in the province, he built a church on his property. Marchington was elected to the provincial assembly after Christopher Harper was unseated because he was not a resident of Nova Scotia.
He died in Halifax in 1808, at the age of 72.