Harold Phillips (other)
Harold Phillips may refer to: * Lord Woodbine (Harold Adolphus Phillips) (1929–2000), Trinidadian calypsonian and music promoter * Harold Phillips (British Army officer) (1909–1980) * Harold H. Phillips (1928–1999), Ghanaian doctor and academic * Harold Meyer Phillips Harold Meyer Phillips (15 December 1874 – 7 January 1967) was an American chess player and chess life organizer. Biography Phillips was a lawyer by profession. In 1903, he won Manhattan Chess Club Championship. He was one of the leading organi ...

Lord Woodbine
Harold Adolphus Phillips (15 January 1929 – 5 July 2000), known as Lord Woodbine, was a Trinidadian calypsonian and music promoter. He is regarded by some as the musical mentor of The Beatles, and has been called the "sixth Beatle".Alan Clayson"'Lord Woodbine'" ''The Guardian'', 10 July 2000. Early life Phillips was born in Laventille, Trinidad. In 1943, at the age of 14, he lied about his age and joined the RAF. After World War II, he went back to Trinidad in 1947, where he started to sing calypso. He returned to England in 1948 on the HMT ''Empire Windrush'', the ship which carried the first boatful of West Indian immigrants to post war Britain. The boat also transported two other calypso singers, Aldwyn Roberts (Lord Kitchener) and Egbert Moore (Lord Beginner).James McGrath,Phillips, Harold Adolphus (1929–2000)" ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, September 2012. Accessed 16 January 2013. Phillips lived in Clapham before moving to Wel ...
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Harold Phillips (British Army Officer)
Harold Pedro Joseph "Bunnie" Phillips, (6 November 1909 – 27 October 1980) was a British Army officer, holding the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the Coldstream Guards. Early life and service Phillips was born on 6 November 1909 in Chelsea, London. His father was Colonel Joseph Harold John Phillips, of Royston, Hertfordshire, his mother was Mary Mercedes Bryce, youngest daughter of John Pablo Bryce. His maternal grandmother, María de las Mercedes González de Candamo e Iriarte (1849–1929), was the sister of Manuel González de Candamo e Iriarte, President of Peru. He was a first cousin of Janet, Marchioness of Milford Haven, whose mother-in-law, Countess Nadejda de Torby, was the sister of his own mother-in-law, Countess Anastasia de Torby. Phillips joined the Coldstream Guards, rising to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. During World War II, he was assigned to the British Security Co-ordination in New York City, under William Stephenson, and the Allied Mission in Washi ...
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Harold H
Harold may refer to: People * Harold (given name), including a list of persons and fictional characters with the name * Harold (surname), surname in the English language * András Arató, known in meme culture as "Hide the Pain Harold" Arts and entertainment * ''Harold'' (film), a 2008 comedy film * ''Harold'', an 1876 poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson * ''Harold, the Last of the Saxons'', an 1848 book by Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton * ''Harold or the Norman Conquest'', an opera by Frederic Cowen * ''Harold'', an 1885 opera by Eduard Nápravník * Harold, a character from the cartoon ''The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy'' *Harold & Kumar, a US movie; Harold/Harry is the main actor in the show. Places ;In the United States * Alpine, Los Angeles County, California, an erstwhile settlement that was also known as Harold * Harold, Florida, an unincorporated community * Harold, Kentucky, an unincorporated community * Harold, Missouri, an unincorporated community ...
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