Earl of Iveagh (pronounced —especially in Dublin—or ) is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, created in October 1919 for the businessman and philanthropist Edward Guinness, 1st Viscount Iveagh. 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. He was subsequently made Baron Iveagh, of Iveagh in the County of Down, in January 1891, then Viscount Iveagh, of Iveagh in the County of Down, in December 1905, and was made Viscount Elveden, of Elveden in the County of Suffolk, at the same time that he was given the earldom in October 1919. All titles are in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.

Earls of Iveagh (1919)

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| Edward Guinness<br />(1847–1927)

  • 25px Edward Guinness, 1st Earl of Iveagh (1847–1927)
  • 25px Rupert Guinness, 2nd Earl of Iveagh (1874–1967)
  • 25px Benjamin Guinness, 3rd Earl of Iveagh (1937–1992)
  • 25px Edward Guinness, 4th Earl of Iveagh (born 1969)
  • (1). Arthur Benjamin Jeffrey Guinness, Viscount Elveden (born 2003)
  • (2). Hon. Rupert Bertram Ralph Guinness (born 2005)
  • (3). Hon. Rory Michael Benjamin Guinness (born 1974)
  • (4). Aidan Tidu Benjamin Guinness (born 2013)
  • 25px Walter Guinness, 1st Baron Moyne (1880–1944)
  • Barons Moyne

Arms

See also

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

Notes

References

  • Cracroft's Peerage online