Desmond Guinness | |
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| Born | 8 September 1931 London, England |
| Died | 20 August 2020 (aged 88) Leixlip, County Kildare, Ireland |
| Occupation | Historian, heritage campaigner |
| Nationality | Irish, British |
| Education | Eton College |
| Alma mater | Christ Church, Oxford |
| Spouses | Princess Henriette Marie-Gabrielle von Urach Penelope Cuthbertson |
| Children | Patrick Desmond Carl-Alexander Marina Guinness |
| Parents | Bryan Guinness, 2nd Baron Moyne Diana Mitford |
| Relatives | Jonathan Guinness, 3rd Baron Moyne (brother) Max Mosley (maternal half-brother) |
Desmond Walter Guinness (8 September 1931 – 20 August 2020) was an Anglo-Irish author of Georgian art and architecture, a conservationist and the co-founder of the Irish Georgian Society. He was the second son of the author and brewer Bryan Guinness, 2nd Baron Moyne, and his then wife Diana Mitford (later Lady Mosley).
In 1958, he bought Leixlip Castle, Leixlip, County Kildare, Ireland, where he lived with both his first wife, Princess Henriette Marie-Gabrielle von Urach, generally known as Mariga, and later his second wife, the former Penelope Cuthbertson, whom he married in 1984.[1]