Antony Patrick Andrew Cairne Berkeley Moynihan, 3rd Baron Moynihan, 3rd Baronet of Carr Manor (2 February 1936 – 24 November 1991) was a British
hereditary peer. He lived a
playboy lifestyle
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and married five times. After multiple charges of fraud in 1970, he left the UK for good. Settling in the Philippines, he was allegedly involved in
procuring and drug trafficking.
Biography
Moynihan was born on the 2nd of February 1936 to
Patrick Moynihan and his wife Irene Helen Candy. Patrick Moynihan later that year became the 2nd
Baron Moynihan. Patrick's father
Berkeley Moynihan had been made a peer for his services to medicine in 1929. His mother was the daughter of Cairnes Candy, an Englishman who had immigrated to
Western Australia
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.
After attending
Stowe School, Moynihan served in the
Coldstream Guards
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.
In 1955 Moynihan married Ann Herbert, an actress and model.
After a domestic dispute and an affair on Moynihan's part, he left for Australia where he intended working on his uncle's sheep farm. In Sydney he met Shirin Berry, a Malaysian who danced under the name Princess Amina. Returning to England in 1957
he reconciled with Ann, however this was short-lived. He married Shirin in 1958 after converting to
Islam.
He was soon on the move again, leaving for Ibiza with his wife. After the collapse of his nightclub business he returned to England.
In Tokyo in 1960 he challenged Al Ricketts, an American journalist, to a duel after he criticised Shirin's dancing. Moynihan defeated Rickets in the unusual duel that involved the two combatants attacking each other with their buttocks.
In 1961 he and his wife converted to the
Baháʼí Faith
The Baháʼí Faith is a religion founded in the 19th century that teaches the essential worth of all religions and the unity of all people. Established by Baháʼu'lláh in the 19th century, it initially developed in Iran and parts of the ...
.
At this time, Moynihan worked as a driver for
Peter Rachman
Perec "Peter" Rachman (16 August 1919 – 29 November 1962) was a Polish-born landlord who operated in Notting Hill, London, England in the 1950s and early 1960s. He became notorious for his exploitation of his tenants, with the word "Rachmanism" ...
.
After the death of his father in 1965 he became the 3rd Baron Moynihan, taking a seat in the
House of Lords
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. In the Lords he took the
Liberal
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Politics
* a supporter of liberalism
** Liberalism by country
* an adherent of a Liberal Party
* Liberalism (international relations)
* Sexually liberal feminism
* Social liberalism
Arts, entertainment and m ...
Whip.
In 1970, after facing a series of fraud charges, he left England for Spain, later moving to the
Philippines
The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no),
* bik, Republika kan Filipinas
* ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas
* cbk, República de Filipinas
* hil, Republ ...
.
In the Philippines, he operated a brothel and was linked to the drug trade, but had some level of protection due to his close ties with President
Ferdinand Marcos.
In 1980 he was named by the
Woodward Royal Commission in Australia as an associate of a prominent Australian drug trafficking group operating between Manila and Sydney.
During the late 1980s Moynihan worked as an informant for the United States
Drug Enforcement Administration
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, for which he was given immunity from prosecution. His testimony led to the conviction of
Howard Marks
Dennis Howard Marks (13 August 1945 – 10 April 2016) was a Welsh drug smuggler and author who achieved notoriety as an international cannabis smuggler through high-profile court cases. At his peak he claimed to have been smuggling consignmen ...
, a Welsh drug smuggler.
"He's a first-class bastard", Marks said.
Marriages and children
Moynihan was married four times (his