11 Facts About Philip Graves

Philip Perceval Graves was an Anglo-Irish journalist and writer.

Philip Graves studied at Haileybury and Oriel College receiving a bachelor's degree from Oxford University in March 1900.

Philip Graves was the elder half-brother of the authors Robert Graves and Charles Graves.

Philip Graves knew Michael Collins, W T Cosgrave, and other leaders of the Irish independence movement, and was closely involved in reporting events during this critical period of Irish history.

Philip Graves later worked as a foreign correspondent in India, the Levant and in the Balkans, before returning to London to work as an editor of The Times.

Philip Graves received numerous international awards and titles, among which are French Legion d'honneur that he received for his work in British intelligence during the First World War and the Order of the Crown of Italy.

Philip Graves retired in 1946 to Ballylickey and dedicated himself mainly to zoological hobbies.

Philip Graves restored Ballylickey House as a hotel, which was taken over by his son after his death.

Philip Graves's published work on insects reflects the strengths of his collection but not its extent.

Philip Graves is commemorated in the subspecies of the Brimstone butterfly found in Ireland, Gonepteryx rhamni gravesi Huggins, 1956.

Philip Graves married Leila Millicent Knox Gilchrist, known as Millicent, and they had two children, including Elizabeth Millicent Philip Graves, later Mrs Chilver, who in 1954 became Principal of Bedford College, London, and in 1971 of Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford.