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 ), artists and builders. He was the only member of the House of Lords that ever belonged to the Communist Party of Great Britain.

Life

Philip was the eldest son of Laurence Philipps, who was raised in 1939 for Baron Milford. Thus he was also the heir to the title of nobility and the associated seat in the House of Lords. 1928 Philip married the novelist Rosamond Lehmann brunette.

When the Spanish Civil War broke out, Philip left his wife, went on to Spain and declared himself ready to support the Medical Aid to Spain campaign as an ambulance driver. Its field was the route from Valencia to Albacete. In a battle of Segovia Philip was injured, but was unable to due to his knowledge of navigation, which he acquired in that his father was a ship owner, help you escape to Mexico refugees.

In 1937 he joined the Communist Party of Great Britain. Then he was disinherited by his father. After his wife he had divorced, had been living now with the writer Cecil Day-Lewis in 1944, he married Cristina, Viscountess Hastings, the only daughter of the Italian High Society Lady Luisa Casati. She died in 1953. In his third wife he married a year later Tamara Kravetz, the Editor of the Daily Worker widow. From 1959, the couple is kept on in the Soviet Union.

As it should be 1962 to collect after an unsuccessful attempt in the House of Commons, Member of the House of Lords, he hesitated at first, but were influenced by the Communist Party General Secretary Harry Pollitt convince.