Wogan Philipps, 2nd Baron Milford
Wogan Philipps, 2nd Baron Milford (born February 25, 1902 in Brentwood , † November 30, 1993 in London ) was a British nobleman and politician of the Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB), artist and farmer. He was the only member of the House of Lords to ever belong to the British Communist Party.
Life
Philipps was the eldest son of Laurence Philipps , who was raised to Baron Milford in 1939 . Thus he was also the heir to the title of nobility and the associated seat in the House of Lords. In 1928 Philipps married the writer Rosamond Lehmann of the same age .
When the Spanish Civil War broke out, Philipps left his wife, went to Spain and agreed to support the Medical Aid to Spain campaign as an ambulance driver. Its field of activity was the route from Valencia to Albacete . Philipps was injured in a fight near Segovia , but was able to help refugees to flee to Mexico due to his knowledge of shipping, which he acquired from his father being a ship owner.
In 1937 he joined the Communist Party of Great Britain. As a result, he was disinherited from his father. After he divorced his wife in 1944, who had meanwhile lived with the writer Cecil Day-Lewis , he married Cristina, Viscountess Hastings , the only daughter of the Italian high society Lady Luisa Casati . She died in 1953. In his third marriage a year later he married Tamara Kravetz, the widow of the editor of the Daily Worker . From 1959 the couple stayed in the Soviet Union .
When he was to become a member of the House of Lords in 1962, after an unsuccessful attempt to move into the House of Commons , he hesitated at first, but was persuaded by the Secretary General of the Communist Party, Harry Pollitt .
Web links
- Philipps Biography " (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Philipps' biography
- ^ J. Wells, The House of Lords (London, Hodder & Stoughton 1997) ISBN 0340649283
- ↑ a b c Michael Walker: Wogan Phillips , Morning Star. December 2, 1993. Archived from the original on July 13, 2006.
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Laurence Philipps |
Baron Milford 1962-1993 |
Hugo Philipps |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Philipps, Wogan, 2nd Baron Milford |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Philipps, Wogan |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British nobleman and politician (CPGB) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 25, 1902 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Brentwood |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 30, 1993 |
| Place of death | London |