Sir Philip Montefiore Magnus-Allcroft, 2nd Baronet, CBEJP (8 February 1906 – 21 December 1988), was a British biographer. He wrote under the name Philip Magnus.
Matthew, H.C.G (2004). "Magnus [later Magnus-Allcroft], Sir Philip Montefiore, second baronet (1906–1988)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/60712. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
philip, magnus, historian, philip, montefiore, magnus, allcroft, baronet, february, 1906, december, 1988, british, biographer, wrote, under, name, philip, magnus, magnus, allcroft, born, london, laurie, magnus, dora, marian, spielmann, grandson, educationalist. Sir Philip Montefiore Magnus Allcroft 2nd Baronet CBE JP 8 February 1906 21 December 1988 was a British biographer He wrote under the name Philip Magnus Magnus Allcroft was born in London the son of Laurie Magnus and Dora Marian Spielmann the grandson of the educationalist and Conservative politician Sir Philip Magnus 1st Baronet He was a member of a notable Jewish family his paternal grandmother was the historian Katie Emmanuel and his maternal grandmother was Emily Sebag Montefiore 1 Educated at Westminster School and Wadham College Oxford Magnus succeeded to the title of 2nd Baronet Magnus in 1933 2 During the Second World War he was a captain in the Royal Artillery 3 and the Intelligence Corps rising to the rank of major He married Jewell Allcroft in 1943 and in 1951 added the name of Allcroft to his own by deed poll In later years as well as writing he served as a justice of the peace Shropshire County Councillor chairman of its planning committee and the records committee chairman of the governors of Attingham College and governor of Ludlow Grammar School Between 1970 and 1977 he was a trustee of the National Portrait Gallery He lived in Stokesay Court Shropshire England He died on 21 December 1988 aged 82 As he and his wife left no children the title passed to his nephew Laurence Henry Philip Magnus Publications EditMagnus Allcroft under pen name Philip Magnus was author of several biographies Edmund Burke A Prophet of the Eighteenth Century 1939 Sir Walter Raleigh 1952 Gladstone a biography 1954 Kitchener portrait of an Imperialist 1958 King Edward the Seventh 1964Arms EditCoat of arms of Philip Magnus Crest A magnolia tree flowered Proper Escutcheon Bendy of six Gules and Vert on a fess Or an open book Proper between two martlets Sable Motto Fide Et Labore 4 References Edit Magnus Allcroft on the Peerage website Magnus Allcroft on the Peerage website No 34704 The London Gazette Supplement 6 October 1939 p 6787 Burke s Peerage 1956 Matthew H C G 2004 Magnus later Magnus Allcroft Sir Philip Montefiore second baronet 1906 1988 Oxford Dictionary of National Biography online ed Oxford University Press doi 10 1093 ref odnb 60712 Subscription or UK public library membership required Encyclopaedia Judaica art Magnus Kidd Charles Williamson David editors Debrett s Peerage and Baronetage 1990 edition New York St Martin s Press 1990 Leigh Rayment s list of baronetsBaronetage of the United KingdomPreceded byPhilip Magnus Baronet of Tangley Hill 1933 1988 Succeeded byLaurence Henry Philip Magnus This article about a writer or poet from the United Kingdom is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Philip Magnus historian amp oldid 1129160913, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
