Baron Moyne, of
Bury St Edmunds in the
County of Suffolk
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, is a title in the
Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1932 for the Hon.
Walter Guinness, a
Conservative
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politician.
A member of the prominent
Guinness brewing family, he was the third son of the
1st Earl of Iveagh, who was himself the third son of
Sir Benjamin Guinness, 1st Baronet, of Ashford.
His son, the
2nd Baron, was a poet and novelist. He was the first husband of
Diana Mitford
Diana, Lady Mosley (''née'' Freeman-Mitford; 17 June 191011 August 2003) was one of the Mitford sisters. In 1929 she married Bryan Walter Guinness, heir to the barony of Moyne, with whom she was part of the Bright Young Things social group o ...
, one of the famous
Mitford sisters
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, who went on to marry the fascist
Sir Oswald Mosley.
, the title is held by their eldest son, the
3rd Baron, who succeeded in July 1992. As a
male agnatic descendant of both the 1st Earl of Iveagh and the first Guinness Baronet of Ashford, he is also in remainder to those two titles.
Barons Moyne (1932)
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Walter Edward Guinness, 1st Baron Moyne
Walter Edward Guinness, 1st Baron Moyne, DSO & Bar, PC (29 March 1880 – 6 November 1944), was an Anglo-Irish politician and businessman. He served as the British minister of state in the Middle East until November 1944, when he was assass ...
(1880–1944)
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Bryan Walter Guinness, 2nd Baron Moyne (1905–1992)
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Jonathan Bryan Guinness, 3rd Baron Moyne (b. 1930)
The
heir apparent
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is the present holder's second but eldest-surviving son, the Hon. Valentine Guy Bryan Guinness (b. 1959).
The heir apparent's
heir presumptive
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...
is his half-brother, the Hon. Sebastian Walter Denis Guinness (b. 1964).
See also
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Guinness Baronets, of Ashford
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Earl of Iveagh
Earl of Iveagh (pronounced —especially in Dublin—or ) is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, created in 1919 for the businessman and philanthropist Edward Guinness, 1st Viscount Iveagh. He was the third son of Sir Benjamin Guin ...
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Guinness family
The Guinness family is an extensive Irish family known for its accomplishments in brewing, banking, politics, and religious ministry. The brewing branch is particularly well known among the general public for producing the dry stout Guinnes ...
References
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Baronies in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
1932 establishments in the United Kingdom
Baron Moyne
Noble titles created in 1932
Noble titles created for UK MPs