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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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, 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.
Philcox, Geoffrey Vincent, son of George Ernest Philcox, stockbroker, of Streatham, and Edith, d. of George Henry Vincent; b. 16 Feb. 1903; adm. Sept. 1916 (R); left Dec. 1920; Caius Coll. Camb., matric. 1921, BA 1924, MA 1930; farmed in Hams 1925-9; a malster for Guinness 1930-3; Johannesburg and London Stock Exchange 1933-9; farmed in Kent 1939-79, top dairy herd SE England 1951; m. 1 May 1933 Nancy Mary Maunsell, d. of Louis Henry Gollock of Cork, Eire; d. 20 Aug. 1990.
Philcox, Philip George, brother of Geoffrey Vincent Philcox (qv); b. 24 July 1909; adm. Apr. 1923 (R); left July 1927; Caius Coll. Camb., matric. 1927, BA 1930; a stockbroker; RNVR (A) 1939-40 (Lieut.); m. 27 June 1936 Constance, d. of John Hutton of Effingham, Surrey; accidentally killed on active service 12 Mar. 1940.
Philip George Philcox was born at Streatham, South London on the 24th of July 1909 the third and youngest son of George Ernest Philcox, a stock and share dealer, and Edith (nee Vincent) Philcox of 9, Aldrington Road, Streatham Park, later of Stone Court, Staplefield in Sussex. He was christened at St Alban’s Church, Streatham Park on the 3rd of October 1909.
He was educated at Westminster School where he was up Rigaud’s from April 1923 to July 1927. He matriculated for Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge in 1927 from where he graduated with a BA in 1930. On leaving university he worked as a stockbroker’s clerk from 1933 before becoming a stockbroker and a Member of the London Stock Exchange. He became a Partner his father’s firm of Philcox & Co of 1, Copthall Chambers, Angel Court, London where he became prominent in the West African market and later in the South African market.
He was married at Holy Trinity Church, Brompton on the 27th of June 1936 to Constance (nee Hutton later Belchem) of South Lodge, Effingham, Surrey; they lived at Tunmore Farm, The Street, West Horsley in Surrey.
He was commissioned as a Pilot Officer in the Reserve of Air Force Officers on the 19th of March 1928 and was promoted to Flying Officer on the 19th of September 1929. He passed onto the non active list on the 3rd of March 1935 and relinquished his commission on the 19th of March 1938, retaining the rank of Flying Officer.
Following the outbreak of war he was commissioned as a Sub Lieutenant (A) in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve on the 27th of September 1939 and was later promoted to Lieutenant (A). He was posted to 758 Naval Air Squadron and was attached to HMS Raven, the Royal Naval Air Station at Eastleigh as an instructor.
George Philcox took off from RNAS Eastleigh at 10am on the 12th of March 1940 in Proctor Mk 1A P6008 with trainee air gunner, Able Seaman Douglas Lucas, for a wireless training exercise. Shortly after taking off the aircraft experienced trouble with its engine and George Philcox decided to make a forced landing. Having made an attempt to land in a field which he had been forced to abandon he was making a turn at low level when the aircraft stalled, the port wing tip struck the ground and it crashed at Stanmore Lane, Winchester, to the south of Worthy Down airfield in Wiltshire. George Philcox was killed on impact with Douglas Lucas being mortally injured and dying later in the day.
His wife received the following telegram dated the 12th of March 1940: - “From Admiralty. Deeply regret to inform you that your husband Lieut. P.G. Philcox was killed in an aircraft accident this morning near Worthy Down.”
An inquiry was convened at RNAS Eastleigh under the chairmanship of Commander R. Poole RN to determine the cause of the accident and it reported its conclusions in a report dated the 18th of March 1940: - “The reason which caused the pilot to forced land cannot be definitely established from the evidence, but the Board is of the opinion that it was most probably due to the loss of engine revolutions or irregular running of the engine, which may have been caused by the water which was found in the petrol system on examination after the crash.”
The Surrey Advertiser wrote of him: “He was very popular in all sections of the “House “and was held in high esteem by all with whom he came into contact by his endearing nature and kindly disposition. His tragic and untimely death is deeply regretted.”
His funeral took place on the 16th of March 1940 in a service which was conducted by the Reverend W. A. Dengate.
He is commemorated on the war memorial at St Mark’s Church, Staplefield.
He is buried at St Mark’s Church, Staplefield.
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.