Colwyn Jestyn John Philipps

Background

Philipps was the son of Jestyn Philipps, 2nd Viscount Street Davids and Doreen Guinness Jowett.

Education

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.

Career

Besides his viscountcy, he also held the older titles of Baron Strange of Knockin (1299), Baron Hungerford (1426), and Baron de Moleyns(1445), & the Baronetcy of Picton Castle (1621). He was also a co-heir to the barony of Grey de Ruthyn. He had a keen interest in music, both historically and as a manuscript collector (at one point owning the largest private collection in existence).

He specialized in the life and works of Rossini, contributed to "Music & Letters" (along with various other musicological works) and was the bibliographer of the Rossini Foundation in Pesaro, Italy.

Lord Street Davids succeeded his father in the viscountcy in 1991. He served under John Major as a Lord-in-Waiting from 1992 to 1994 and was a Deputy Speaker of the House of Lords from 1995.

His encouragement was unstinting". As an hereditary peer, he was excluded from the House by the House of Lords Acting 1999.

Lord Street Davids married Augusta Victoria Correa y Larraín (Chilean from Santiago) in 1965.

They had two children:

Rhodri Colwyn Philipps, 4th Viscount Street Davids (b 16 September 1966)

Honorary Roland Augusto Jestyn Estanislao Philipps (b 9 April 1970), better known as Todd Sharpville, a blues guitarist

The requiem mass held at his funeral at Saint Davids Cathedral on 6 May 2009 is known to be the first Roman Catholic Mass to be celebrated there since the Reformation.

Membership

He was the only Conservative member of the Welsh National Assembly Advisory Group, and his work in relation to Welsh devolution was described by 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.

Connections

Partner:

Welsh Guards