Rupert Guinness, 2nd Earl of Iveagh: Difference between revisions

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==Biography==

Guinness was educated at [[Eton College]] and [[Trinity College, Cambridge]].<ref>{{acad|id=GNS896RE|name=Guinness, the Hon. Rupert Edward Cecil Lee, Viscount Elveden}}</ref> He was a [[Lieutenant (British Army and Royal Marines)|lieutenant]] in the 1st London [[Volunteer Force|Volunteer battalion]], and in March 1900 volunteered for active service in South Africa during the [[Second Boer War]],<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=27173| page=1720|date=13 March 1900}}</ref> where he served with the Irish Hospital Corps. He won a seat as a [[Conservative Party (UK)|Unionist]] [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|MP]] 1908–1910 for the [[East End of London|East End]] constituency of [[Haggerston (UK Parliament constituency)|Haggerston]] (previously held by the Liberals<ref>{{cite news|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/90422285|newspaper=Kalgoorlie Miner|date=4 August 1908|page= 5|title=HAGGERSTON BY-ELECTION|via=[[Trove]]}}</ref>) in a [[1908 Haggerston by-election|1908 by-election]]. He lost the seat in 1910, and from 1912 to 1927 was MP for [[Southend (UK Parliament constituency)|Southend]]. He served as a captain in the [[Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve]] and was the first commanding officer of [[HMS President (shore establishment)|HMS ''President'']] (London Division RNVR), from 1903 until 1920. In 1927 he succeeded his father as Earl of Iveagh and chairman of the [[Guinness Brewery|family brewing business]] in Dublin and for thirty-five years directed its consolidation at home and its expansion abroad with the establishment of breweries in London, Nigeria and Malaya.