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PHILIPPS, JOHN LOUIS, son of John Philipps, Coedgain, Carmarthenshire, and Elizabeth, widow of Rees Lloyd, Altycadas [county ?], and dau. of Thomas Bevan, Glasfryn, Denbighshire; b.; adm. (aged 14) Feb 1753 (as John Philips) (Morel's); KS 1753; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1758, matr. 24 May 1758, aged 18, Westminster Student 5 Jan 1759 – void 3 Jan 1769 (expiry year of grace as V. St. Clears from 11 Jan 1768); ordained priest (Oxford) 29 Jun 1763; Vicar of St. Clears, Carmarthenshire 1768; Vicar of Llangynin, Carmarthenshire; Vicar of Lampeter, Cardiganshire; Prebendary of St. David’s from 11 Aug 1768; Prebendary of Brecon 1787; d. 3 May 1795.

PHILIPPS, GEORGE, brother of John Louis Philipps (adm. 1753, qv); b. ; adm. ; KS (aged 14) 1757 (as George Philips); elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1761, adm. pens. 21 May 1761, scholar 30 Apr 1762, matr. Mich. 1761; BA 1766; MA 1769; High Sheriff, Carmarthenshire 1767-8 (or 1770 ?); Mayor, Carmarthen 1773-4; MP Carmarthen 1780-4; m. ; d. 17 Apr 1784.

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.

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.

Pettitt, Henry Laurence, son of Charles Henry Pettitt of Ealing and Fanny Mary Ann, d. of John Clark; b. 17 May 1901; adm. Sept. 1914 (KS); left July 1919; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1919, BA LLB 1922; adm. a solicitor Dec. 1925; legal asst Public Trustee Office 1926, Trust Officer 1944, Chief Admin. Officer 1959, retd 1965; OBE June 1962; d. 12 Feb. 1989.

PETTINGAL, THOMAS, son of Rev. John Pettingal DD FSA, Prebendary of St. Paul’s, and Preacher at Duke Street Chapel, Westminster, and Susanna Long, St. Margaret’s, Westminster; b.; adm.; KS (aged 12) 1758; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1762, matr. 9 Jun 1762, aged 17, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1762 – void 30 Jul 1783 (expiry year of grace as R. Easthampstead from 10 Aug 1782), Tutor 1774-81, Senior Censor 1774-8; BA 1766; MA 1769; BD 1778; Proctor 1777; Whitehall Preacher; ordained deacon 29 May 1768, priest 18 Dec 1774; Curate of Drayton, Oxfordshire 1777; Rector of Easthampstead, Berks., from 1782; d. 8 Apr 1826. DNB (s. v. father).

PETTINGAL, GEORGE HANBURY, son of John Pettingal (qv); bapt. Leighton Buzzard, Beds. 19 Jul 1787; adm.; at school Jul 1799; Min. Can. 1801; KS 1802; left 1803; St. Mary Hall, Oxford, matr. 4 Jul 1810; BA 1815; ordained; d. 18 Feb 1838.

PETTINGAL, CHARLES THOMAS, son of John Pettingal (qv); b. 26 May 1782; adm.; KS (aged 14) 1796; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1800, matr. 12 Jun 1800, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1800 – void by marriage 27 Jan 1807; BA 1804; MA 1819; ordained deacon (Oxford) 9 Jun 1805, priest (Winchester) 20 Dec 1807; Curate, Stratfield Turgis, Hampshire; Rector of Ore, Sussex 9 Jun 1808-10; Rector of Little Braxted, Essex 6 Aug 1810; Chaplain of Hickey’s Almhouses, Richmond, Surrey; m. 30 Dec 1806 Jane, sister of Richard Glover (qv); d. 28 Aug 1858.

PETT, PHINEAS, son of John Pett, Maidstone, Kent; b.; adm. 18 Jan 1770; KS (aged 13) 1770; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1774, matr. 1 Jun 1774, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1774 – 14 May 1796 (expiry year of grace as R. Wentnor from 16 May 1795), Tutor 1783-94, Catechist 1783-91, Senior Censor 1783-91, Librarian 1784; BA 1778; MA 1781; BD 1791; DD 1797; Proctor 1785; Whitehall Preacher 1788; his pupils as a tutor at Christ Church included George Canning; ordained priest (Oxford) 29 Oct 1780; Curate, Drayton, Oxfordshire 1787; Vicar of Orton on the Hill, Leics., Apr – Oct 1789; Vicar of Cropredy, Oxfordshire; Rector of Wentnor, Shropshire May 1795 – Dec 1816; Rector of Chilbolton, Hampshire from 1795; Archdeacon of Oxford 1797; Prebendary of Salisbury from 10 Jan 1801; Principal of St. Mary Hall, Oxford 1801-15; Rector of Newington with Brightwell, Oxfordshire 1802 (disp. to hold with R. Chilbolton); Canon of Christ Church, Oxford, from 30 Dec 1815; m. 1 Oct 1804 Laetitia Andrews, Butlers Marston, Warwicks,; d. 4 Feb 1830. Buried Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford.