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Philby, Harry St. John Bridger, 1885-1960
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1885-1960
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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.
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Prepared for import into AtoM by Westminster School Archive staff, 2019-2020
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The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from Play 1883 to Election 1960, Volume 3, compiled by J.B. Whitmore, G.R.Y. Radcliffe and D.C. Simpson, Barnet, 1963