Harold Phillips

Harold Pedro Joseph "Bunnie" Phillips, (6 November 1909 – 27 October 1980) was a British Army officer, holding the rank of lieutenant colonel in the Coldstream Guards. Early life and service Phillips was born on 6 November 1909 in Chelsea, London. His father was Colonel Joseph Harold John Phillips, of Royston, Hertfordshire, his mother was Mary Mercedes Bryce, youngest daughter of John Pablo Bryce. His maternal grandmother, María de las Mercedes González de Candamo e Iriarte (1849–1929), was the sister of Manuel González de Candamo e Iriarte, President of Peru. He was a first cousin of Janet, Marchioness of Milford Haven, whose mother-in-law, Countess Nadejda Mikhailovna de Torby, was the sister of his own mother-in-law, Countess Anastasia Mikhailovna de Torby. Phillips joined the Coldstream Guards, rising to the rank of lieutenant colonel. During World War II, he was assigned to the British Security Co-ordination in New York City, under William Stephenson, and the Allied Mission in Washington, D.C. Personal life