Philby, Harry St. John Bridger, second son of Harry Montague Philby, of the Cocoawatte and Galoola Estates, Ceylon, by May Beatrice, daughter of Lieut.-Gen. John Duncan, of Poona; b. April 3, 1885; adm. as Q.S. Sept. 22, 1898; Capt. of the School 1903; elected to Trin. Coll. Camb. (with junior Samwaies) July 1904, matric. Michaelmas 1904; 1st class Med. and Mod. Languages 1907; B.A. 1907; I.C.S. 1907; arrived in India Dec. 4, 1908; Assist. Commr. Punjab 1908-14; secretary to the Board of Examiners, Calcutta, Feb. 1915; financial assist. to Chief Political Officer, Mesopotamia, Nov. 1915; in charge of Political Mission to Central Arabia Oct. 1917 to Nov. 1918; chief British representative trans-Jordan 1921-4; retired May 1925; Founder's Medal of the Royal Geog. Soc. 1920; author of The Heart of Arabia (1922); C.I.E. Aug. 25, 1917; resident director in Arabia (Jidda) of Sharqich Ltd. 1926; first recipient of the Sir Richard Burton Memorial Medal of the R. Asiatic Society 1925 for his explorations in Arabia; his autobiography Arabian Days (1948) contains an account of the school in Gow's time, and his book Arabian Jubilee (1952) of the reign of King Faisal of Saudi Arabia in which he played a leading part; m. Sept. 20, 1910, Dora. daughter of Adrian Hope Johnston, A.M.I.C.E., of Srinagar, Kashmir; d. Sept. 30, 1960.
Philby, Harold Adrian Russell, son of Harry St john Bridger Philby (qv); b. 1 Jan. 1912; adm. Sept. 1924 (KS); left July 1929; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1929, BA 1933; asst editor Review of Reviews 1934-6; Times correspondent with Gen. Franco's forces in Spanish Civil War 1937-9, British GHQ. Arras 1939-40, Foreign Office 1940-6; OBE 1946; HM Foreign Service 1946, 1st Sec. Ankara 1947-9, Washington 1949-51; Observer correspondent Middle East, employed by British Intelligence Service; unmasked as a double agent and defected to the USSR from Beirut 1963; deprived OBE 1965; awarded Red Banner Order of the USSR; m. 1st 24 Feb. 1934 Elizabeth Kohlmann, formerly wife of Karl Friedman of Vienna; 2nd 10 Sept. 1940 Aileen Amanda Furse; 3rd 1959 Eleanor, formerly wife of Sam Pope Brewer, USA; 4th Melinda, formerly wife of Donald Maclean, HM Foreign Service; 5th Rufa, interpreter Scientific Institute Moscow; d. in USSR 11 May 1988.
Philby, Denis Duncan, brother of Harry St. John Bridger Philby (q.v.); b. Aug. 17, 1889; adm. Sept. 24, 1903 (A); migrated up Grant's; left Dec. 1905; 2nd Lieut. Royal Dublin Fusiliers June 15, 1910; Lieut. March 5, 1912; attached Royal Munster Fusiliers Aug. 18, 1914; went out to the western front Aug. 21. 1914; killed in action at Klein Zillebeke, near Ypres, Flanders, Nov. 12, 1914; m. 1904.
Phelps, Arthur Robert, son of Arthur Martin Phelps, M.D., of Highbury; b. Feb. 3, 1875; adm. Jan. 17, 1889 (H); left Dec. 1892; Trin. Coll. Camb. (adm. pensr. June 13, 1893), matric. Michaelmas 1893; M.R.C.S., L.R.C.R., 1906; practised at Plymouth and later at Tavistock.
PHELIPS, JOHN, brother of Edward Phelips (qv); b. 14 May 1726; adm. (aged 10) Feb 1736/7; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 9 Jun 1743, Canoneer Student 23 Jun 1743 – void 1 Feb 1753 (expiry year of grace as V. Yeovil); BA 1747; MA 1750; ordained; Vicar of Yeovil, Somerset, from 1752; m. 20 Aug 1760 Mary Kitson; buried Yeovil 14 Apr 1766.
PHELIPS, EDWARD, son of Edward Phelips (qv); b. 29 Apr 1753; adm.; KS (aged 13) 1766; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1770, matr. 15 Jun 1770, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1770 – void 16 Apr 1778; BA 1774; adm. Middle Temple 14 May 1770, called to bar 3 Jul 1778; MP Somerset from 1784; of Montacute, Somerset; m. 22 Dec 1784 Elizabeth, dau. of Thomas Lockyer MP, Maperton, Devon; d. 4 Aug 1792.
PHELIPS, EDWARD, eldest son of Edward Phelips MP, Montacute, Somerset, and his second wife Elizabeth, second dau. of Sir Edward Phelips, Kt, Montacute, Somerset; b. 12 Apr 1725; adm. (aged 11) Feb 1736/7; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 23 Apr 1741; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 1 Mar 1737/8; of Montacute, Somerset; MP Somerset 1774-80; m. 27 May 1747 Maria, dau. of William Wright, Clerk, Annuity Office, Exchequer; buried 1 Mar 1797.
PHELIPS, ---; b.; in school list 1801.
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