Bryan Guinness, 2nd Baron Moyne
Bryan Walter Guinness, 2nd Baron Moyne (born October 27, 1905 , † July 6, 1992 ) was a British aristocrat of Irish descent, writer and brewery heir.
Bryan Guinness was born in October 1905 to Walter Guinness, 1st Baron Moyne , and his wife Evelyn Hilda Stuart Erskine. After his father was assassinated in Cairo in 1944 , Guinness inherited the title of Baron Moyne .
family
Bryan Guinness married Diana Mitford on January 30, 1929 . In 1934 the marriage, from which two children, Jonathan and Desmond , emerged, was divorced again. On September 21, 1936, he married his second wife, Elisabeth Nelson (April 27, 1912 - January 1999). Nine children were born from this marriage.
Works (selection)
Plays
- The Fragrant Concubine, A Tragedy (1938)
- A Riverside Charade (1954)
Poems
- Twenty-three Poems (1931)
- Under the eyelid (1935)
- Reflexions (1947)
- Collected Poems (1956)
- The Rose in the Tree (1964)
- The Clock (1973)
- On a Ledge (1992)
Children's books
- The Story of Johnny and Jemima (1936)
- The Children of the Desert (1947)
- The Animal's Breakfast (1950)
- Catriona and the Grasshopper (1957)
- Priscilla and the Prawn (1960)
- The Girl with the Flower (1966)
Novels
- Singing Out of Tune (1933)
- Landscape with Figures (1934)
- A Week by the Sea (1936)
- Lady Crushwell's Companion (1938)
- A Fugue of Cinderellas (1956)
- Leo and Rosabelle (1961)
- The Giant's Eye (1964)
- The Engagement (1969)
- Hellenic Flirtation (1978)
memoirs
- Potpourri (1982)
- Personal Patchwork 1939-45 (1986)
- Dairy not kept (1988)
Web links
- Bryan Walter Guinness, 2nd Baron Moyne, on thepeerage.com , accessed September 17, 2016.
predecessor | Office | successor |
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Walter Guinness |
Baron Moyne 1944-1992 |
Jonathan Guinness |
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Guinness, Bryan, 2nd Baron Moyne |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Guinness, Bryan |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British aristocrat of Irish descent, writer and brewery heritage |
DATE OF BIRTH | October 27, 1905 |
DATE OF DEATH | July 6, 1992 |