Loel Guinness

Loel Guinness
Member of Parliament for Bath
In office
1931–1945
Preceded byHon. Charles Baillie-Hamilton
Succeeded bySir James Pitman
Personal details
Born(1906-06-09)9 June 1906
Manhattan, New York, U.S.[1][2]
Died31 December 1988(1988-12-31) (aged 82)
Houston, Texas, U.S.
Cause of deathHeart disease
Resting placeCimetière du Bois de Vaux, Lausanne
Spouses
(m. 1927; div. 1936)
(m. 1936; div. 1951)
(m. 1951; died 1980)
ChildrenPatrick Guinness
William Guinness
Lindy, Marchioness of Dufferin and Ava
Parent(s)Benjamin Guinness
Bridget Williams-Bulkeley
Military service
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Branch/serviceBritish Army
Royal Auxiliary Air Force
RankGroup Captain
CommandsNo. 601 (County of London) Squadron
Battles/warsSecond World War
AwardsOfficer of the Order of the British Empire
Mentioned in Despatches (5)

Group Captain Thomas Loel Evelyn Bulkeley Guinness, OBE (9 June 1906 – 31 December 1988)[3] was a British Conservative politician, Member of Parliament (MP) for Bath (1931–1945), business magnate and philanthropist. Guinness also financed the purchase of the Calypso, leasing her for one symbolic franc a year[4] to famous oceanic explorer Jacques-Yves Cousteau and his movie The Silent World (1956).[5]

  1. ^ New York, New York, Extracted Birth Index, 1878–1909
  2. ^ 1910 United States Federal Census
  3. ^ Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood (107 ed.). Burke's Peerage & Gentry. pp. 1695–1696. ISBN 0-9711966-2-1.
  4. ^ Shirlaw, David (10 April 2020). Barges to Battleships: Puget Sound Military Shipbuilding: Volume I Minesweepers. SeaWaves Press Inc. ISBN 978-1-894147-34-7.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference LGObit1989 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).