Baron Moyne, of Bury St Edmund in the County of Suffolk, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1932 for the Conservative politician Walter Guinness. A member of the prominent Guinness brewing family, he was the third son of Edward Cecil Guinness, 1st Earl of Iveagh, third son of Sir Benjamin Guinness, 1st Baronet, of Ashford. His son, the second Baron, was a poet and novelist, and the first husband of Diana Mitford, one of the famous Mitford sisters. As of 2007 the title is held by their eldest son, the third Baron, who succeeded in 1992. As a descendant of both the first Earl of Iveagh and the first Guinness Baronet of Ashford, he is also in remainder to these two titles. The writer Hon. Desmond Guinness is the second son of the second Baron and the younger brother of the third Baron Moyne.
Barons Moyne (1932)
- Walter Edward Guinness, 1st Baron Moyne (1880-1944)
- Bryan Guinness, 2nd Baron Moyne (1905-1992)
- Jonathan Bryan Guinness, 3rd Baron Moyne (b. 1930)
The Heir Apparent is the present holder's eldest son Hon. Jasper Jonathan Richard Guinness (b. 9 March 1954)
See also
References
- Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page
