page_title: Philip Rundell
section_title: Background and siblings
hierarchical_section_title: Philip Rundell / Background and siblings
caption_attribution_description: Vermeil wine cooler manufactured by English silversmith Philip Rundell (1746-1827) located in the White House Vermeil Room.
context_page_description: Philip Rundell was a highly prosperous English jeweller, fine jewellery retailer and master jewellery makers' business proprietor, known for his association with royalty. With John Bridge, he ran and co-owned Rundell and Bridge, a firm with widespread interests in the jewellery and precious metal trades.
context_section_description: He was born into a large family, the son of Richard Rundell and his wife Ann Ditcher, and baptised at Norton St Philip, near Bath, Somerset. 
  Notable siblings were:
  Francis Rundell, actor-manager
  a non-notable sister (became Mrs Harpur) – mother of actress Mrs Elizabeth Bannister
  Thomas Rundell of Bath, surgeon, who married writer Maria Ketelby
  Elizabeth Rundell, who married London mercer Thomas Bigge (the elder, died 1791)
  a non-notable sister (became Mrs Bond), whose grandson Joseph Neeld was left more than half of Rundell's final wealth.
caption: Wine cooler by Rundell & Bridge, in the Vermeil Room of the White House, Washington DC (low resolution)
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