Colwyn Philipps, 3rd Viscount St Davids

Colwyn Jestyn John Philipps, 3rd Viscount St Davids (30 January 1939 – 26 April 2009) was the son of Jestyn Philipps, 2nd Viscount St Davids and Doreen Guinness Jowett and was a British peer. As well as the viscountcy, he also held the additional titles of Baron Strange of Knockin (1299), Baron Hungerford (1426), Baron de Moleyns (1445) and Baronet of Picton Castle (1621).

He was educated at Dulwich College Preparatory School, Sevenoaks School and at King's College London where he took a Certificate in Advanced Musical Studies in 1989. He was a 2nd Lieut in the Welsh Guards before he became a partner in the London stockbroking firm of Scrimgeour Kemp-Gee, which was later absorbed by Citicorp. He had a keen interest in music, both historically and as a manuscript collector (at one point owning the largest private collection in existence) [1]. He specialized in the life & works of Rossini, contributed to "Music & Letters" [2](along with various other musicological works) and was the Bibliographer of the Rossini Foundation in Pesaro, Italy.

Lord St Davids was formerly a member of the House of Lords. He was a Lord in Waiting to Her Majesty (1992–1994) and served as a Deputy Speaker from 1995. He was the only Conservative member of the Welsh National Assembly Advisory Group, and his work in relation to Welsh devolution was described by Lord Dafydd Elis-Thomas (Welsh Assembly Presiding Officer) as “the most significant contribution of any Welsh Conservative politician to the cause of devolution; If Ron Davies was the architect of devolution, Colwyn was his enthusiastic draughtsman. His encouragement was unstinting” [3]. As an hereditary peer, he was excluded from the House by the House of Lords Act 1999.

The requiem mass held at his funeral at St. Davids Cathedral on the 6th May, 2009 is known to be the first Roman Catholic Mass to be celebrated there since the Reformation ([4]).

He married Augusta Victoria Correa Larrain in 1965. They had two children:

• Rhodri Colwyn Philipps, 4th Viscount St Davids (b. 16 September 1966)
• Hon. Roland Augusto Jestyn Estanislao Philipps (b. 9 Apr 1970), better known as Todd Sharpville

External links

• Lord St Davids's family tree at Wikitree
• Lord St Davids at Burke's Peerage
• Analog Magazine cover archive
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Political offices
Preceded by The Baroness Denton of Wakefield	Lord-in-Waiting 1992–1994	Succeeded by The Lord Lucas
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Jestyn Philipps	Viscount St Davids 1991–2009	Succeeded by Rhodri Philipps

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Name	St Davids, Colwyn Philipps, 3rd Viscount
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