Vice-Amiral Philip Howard Colomb, RN (May 29, 1831 - October 13, 1899). Born in Knockbrex, near Gatehouse of Fleet, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, he was a Royal Navy officer, historian, critic and inventor. He was the son of General GT Colomb. His younger brother Sir John Colomb was also a soldier and strategist of the Royal Navy.