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Jestyn Philipps, 2nd Viscount St Davids

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Name
  
Jestyn 2nd

Died
  
1991

Deposed date
  
1991


Jestyn Reginald Austin Plantagenet Philipps, 2nd Viscount St Davids , (19 February 1917 – 10 June 1991) was a British peer, the only surviving son of John Philipps, 1st Viscount St Davids, and his second wife, Elizabeth Philipps, Viscountess St Davids (née Abney-Hastings).

From his mother, he inherited the baronies of Hungerford, de Moleyns and Strange (de Knockyn).

Personal life

Lord St Davids married three times but had children only by his first wife. His first marriage was to Doreen Guinness Jowett on 5 May 1938. The couple divorced in 1954. His second marriage was to Elisabeth Joyce Woolf on 15 October 1954, but they divorced in October 1959. By his first wife, St Davids had five children:

  • Colwyn Jestyn John Philipps, 3rd Viscount St Davids (30 January 1939 – 26 April 2009)
  • Hon. Rowena Frances Philipps (1940–2005)
  • Hon. Myfanwy Ann Philipps (b. 1944)
  • Hon. Rhiannon Elisabeth Philipps (b. 1946)
  • Hon. Eiddwen Sara Philipps (b. 1948)

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