Bryan Guinness, 2nd Baron Moyne
British writer and lawyer (1905-1992)
Bryan Walter Guinness, 2nd Baron Moyne (27 October 1905 – 6 July 1992), was a British aristocrat, writer, poet and heir to part of the Guinness family brewing fortune. He was vice-chairman of Guinness plc and authored several works of poetry and novels.
Early life
Guinness was the son of Col. the Hon. Walter Guinness (later created Baron Moyne), third son of Edward Guinness, 1st Earl of Iveagh, and his wife, Lady Evelyn Erskine (1883–1939), daughter of Shipley Erskine, 14th Earl of Buchan. He was educated at Heatherdown School, Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford, and was called to the bar in 1931. At Oxford, Guinness was a member of the Railway Club.
A member of the prominent Guinness family, Guinness was an organiser of the 1929 "Bruno Hat" hoax art exhibition held at his home in London.
Marriages and family
In 1929, Guinness married the Hon. Diana Freeman-Mitford, daughter of the 2nd Baron Redesdale and one of the Mitford sisters.
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