Philip Maxwell (1951–1967) was the son of Robert Maxwell, the Czech-born British media tycoon, and his wife Elisabeth Meynard, born as one of nine children in the family. Growing up in the UK amid the rising prominence of his father's publishing empire, Philip's life was tragically cut short at age 15 in a car accident on November 27, 1967, compounding the family's grief following his brother Michael's separate car crash earlier that same year. Due to his early death, Philip played no role in the later scandals surrounding his father's business empire, including the 1991 collapse after Robert Maxwell's mysterious death at sea and the pension fraud revelations involving brothers Ian and Kevin. Little is publicly documented about Philip's personal interests or activities given his youth, but he remains noted in family biographies as part of the Maxwell lineage that endured significant personal losses alongside its commercial ambitions. While less publicly involved than his surviving siblings, Philip is part of the family legacy tied to recreating his father's heritage amid these tragedies.