Colwyn Philipps, 3rd Viscount St Davids

Colwyn Iestyn John Philipps, 3rd Viscount St Davids (30 January 1939 – 26 April 2009) was a British businessman, Conservative politician and writer on music.

Philipps was a 2nd Lieutenant in the Welsh Guards before he became a partner in the London stockbroking firm of Scrimgeour Kemp-Gee, which was later absorbed by Citicorp.

He had a keen interest in music, both historically and as a manuscript collector (at one point owning the largest private collection in existence).

Lord St Davids married Augusta Victoria Correa y Larraín Ugarte from Santiago, Chile in 1965.

[4] They had two children: St Davids died in April 2009, aged 70, and was succeeded by his elder son.