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.

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, 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.

PEYTO-VERNEY, JOHN, 14th BARON WILLOUGHBY DE BROKE, son of Right Hon. John Verney PC MP, Master of the Rolls, and Abigail, only dau. of Edward Harley (at school under Busby, qv); b. 4 Aug 1738; adm. Apr 1748 (Watts'); succ. uncle as 14th Baron Willoughby de Broke 11 Aug 1752; in school list 1754; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 29 May 1755; MA 28 Jun 1758; DCL 3 Jul 1759; a Lord of the Bedchamber to George III 1 Jan 1763 – Mar 1812; assumed surname of Peyto before that of Verney c. 1772; m. 8 Oct 1761 Lady Louisa North, eldest dau. of Francis North, 1st Earl of Guilford; d. 15 Feb 1816.

Pewtress, Michael Ernest, brother of Herbert Leslie Pewtress (qv); b. 17 Jan. 1932; adm. Sept. 1945 (R); left July 1949; dir. East Marlborough & Co. and Holt Jackson Book Co; chmn. of both cos. 1981-92; m. 19 Apr. 1958 Vivian Ann, d. of Wilham Mitchell Kidman of Barnet, Herts; d. 20 July 2006.

Pewtress, Herbert Leslie, son of Bernard Leslie Pewtress of New Barnet, Herts, and Winifred Beatrice, d. of Herbert James Scott of Highbury; b. 8 Apr. 1920; adm. Sept. 1933 (R); left Apr. 1938; RAFVR 1942-5 (Flt Lieut.), AFC Jan. 1944; diR.E. Marlborough & Co., wholesale newsagents, until 1974; later chairman Holt Jackson Book Co.; a member of Lloyd's until 1968; m. 4 Sept. 1943 Margaret Elsie, d. of G. C. Sanderson of Barnet, Herts; d. 11 Dec. 1981.

PETTY-FITZMAURICE, WILLIAM THOMAS, EARL OF KERRY, elder son of Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 3rd Marquis of Lansdowne (qv); b. 24 Mar 1811; adm. 5 Jun 1822 (G); left Whitsun 1827; MP (Whig) Calne from 1832; m. 18 Mar 1834 Lady Augusta Lavinia Priscilla Ponsonby, second dau. of John William Ponsonby, 4th Earl of Bessborough PC, Lord Lieut. Ireland; d. 21 Jul 1836.

PETTY-FITZMAURICE, HENRY, 4TH MARQUIS OF LANSDOWNE, younger son of Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 3rd Marquis of Lansdowne (qv); b. 5 Jan 1816; adm. 30 Jun 1826 (recorded as Packharness', likely Stelfox's); Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 16 Dec 1833, fellow commoner 29 Jan 1834, matr. Mich. 1834; styled Earl of Shelburne 1836-63; MP (Whig) Calne 1837 – 14 Jul 1856; a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury 24 Dec 1847 – Aug 1848; Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs 5 Jul 1856 – 26 Feb 1858; called up to House of Lords in father’s barony as Baron Wycombe 14 Jul 1856; Chairman, Great Western Railway 1859-63; succ. father as 4th Marquis of Lansdowne 31 Jan 1863; KG 10 Oct 1864; DL Wiltshire 1840; m. 1st, 18 Aug 1840 Lady Georgiana Herbert, fifth dau. of George Herbert, 11th Earl of Pembroke; m. 2nd, 1 Nov 1843 Hon. Emily Jane Mercer Elphinstone de Flahault (Baroness Nairne), eldest dau. of Auguste Charles Joseph Flahaut de la Billarderie, Comte de Flahault, French Ambassador in Vienna and London; d. 5 Jul 1866. DNB.

PETTY-FITZMAURICE, HENRY, 3RD MARQUIS OF LANSDOWNE, only son of William Petty, 1st Marquis of Lansdowne KG PC, Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury, and his second wife Lady Louisa Fitzpatrick, sister of John Fitzpatrick, 2nd Earl of Upper Ossory (I) (qv); grandson of John Petty, 1st Earl of Shelburne (qv); b. 2 Jul 1780; at school 1789; up Clapham’s; in school list 1795; still at school 1796; Edinburgh Univ.; Trinity Coll. Oxford, adm. nob. 26 Oct 1798; MA 1801; Hon. LLD 1811; styled Lord Henry Petty to 1809; MP Calne 1802 – Jan 1806, Cambridge Univ. 7 Feb 1806-7, Camelford 1807 – 15 Nov 1809; took Whig whip in House of Commons; Chancellor of the Exchequer 10 Feb 1806 – 31 Mar 1807; Privy Councillor 5 Feb 1806; succeeded half-brother as 3rd Marquis of Lansdowne 15 Nov 1809, and cousin as Earl of Kerry (I) 4 Jul 1818; an active member of the Whig opposition in the House of Lords 1809-27, acting as its de facto leader 1823-7; supported the abolition of the slave trade and the removal of Roman Catholic and Jewish disabilities; led the main body of the Whig Party into coalition in Apr 1827 with the liberal wing of the Tory Party, headed by George Canning, serving in Canning’s cabinet as Minister without Portfolio Apr – Jul 1827 and as Secretary of State for Home Affairs in Canning and Goderich administrations 16 Jul 1827 – Jan 1828; Lord President of the Council in Whig administrations 22 Nov 1830 – Nov 1834, 18 Apr 1835 – Sep 1841 and 6 Jul 1846 – Feb 1852; led Whig peers in House of Lords 1843-55; declined to form government on Lord Derby’s resignation Dec 1852; member of cabinet in Aberdeen and Palmerston administrations Dec 1852 – Feb 1858, without holding any official position; refused offer of a dukedom Sep 1857; Lord Lieut., Wiltshire, from 23 Nov 1827; one of original members of Judicial Committee of Privy Council 14 Aug 1833; KG 5 Feb 1836; FRS 4 Apr 1811; member, Society of Dilettanti 1815; Busby Trustee 18 May 1813; a man of wide social influence and moderate political views; m. 30 Mar 1808 Lady Louisa Emma Fox-Strangways, sister of William Thomas Horner Fox-Strangways, 4th Earl of Ilchester (qv); d. 31 Jan 1863, from the effects of a fall. Memorial bust, Westminster Abbey. DNB.