Earl of Iveagh

Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox nobility title Earl of Iveagh (pronounced Template:IPAc-en Template:Respell—especially in Dublin—or Template:IPAc-en Template:Respell<ref>Arthur Guinness and Dublin's Iveagh legacy. Retrieved 2012-01-11.</ref><ref>Pronunciation of Surnames, from the book Enquire Within Upon Everything. 119th Edition, March 1939. Retrieved 2012-01-11.</ref>) is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, created in 1919 for the businessman and philanthropist Edward Guinness, 1st Viscount Iveagh.<ref>Template:London Gazette</ref> He was the third son of Sir Benjamin Guinness, 1st Baronet, of Ashford, and the great-grandson of Arthur Guinness, the founder of the Guinness brewery.<ref name="burke"/>

Guinness had already been created a baronet, of Castle Knock in the County of Dublin, in 1885.<ref>Template:London Gazette</ref> He was subsequently made Baron Iveagh, of Iveagh in the County of Down, in 1891,<ref>Template:London Gazette</ref> then Viscount Iveagh, of Iveagh in the County of Down, in 1905,<ref>Template:London Gazette</ref> and was made Viscount Elveden, of Elveden in the County of Suffolk, at the same time that he was given the earldom in 1919. All titles are in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.<ref name="burke"/>

As of 2015, the titles are held by his great-great-grandson, the fourth Earl, who succeeded his father in 1992.

The Conservative politician Walter Guinness, 1st Baron Moyne, was the third son of the first Earl.

The family seat is Elveden Hall, near Elveden, Suffolk, formerly residence of Duleep Singh, the last Maharaja of the Sikh Empire, purchased by the first earl in 1894.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

Earls of Iveagh (1919)

Created by George V
#	Name	Period	Spouse	Notes	Other titles
1	Edward Guinness (1847–1927)<ref name="burke"/>	1919–1927	Adelaide Guinness	Earl of Iveagh (1919) Viscount Iveagh (1905) Baron Iveagh (1891) Baronet of Castle Knock (1895)
2	Rupert Guinness (1874–1967)Template:Sfn	1927–1967	Lady Gwendolen Onslow	Son	Earl of Iveagh and Viscount Elveden (1919)
3	Benjamin Guinness (1937–1992)Template:Sfn	1967–1992	Miranda Smiley	Grandson
4	Edward Guinness (1969–)<ref name="burke"/>	1992–	Clare Hazell	Son

The heir apparent is the current Earl's son, Arthur Guinness, Viscount Elveden.

See also

• Guinness baronets, of Ashford
• Baron Moyne
• Guinness family
• McCartan Chiefs of Kinelarty

External links

• Cracroft's Peerage online
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