Walter Guinness, 1st Baron Moyne

The Lord Moyne
First World War portrait, 1918
Leader of the House of Lords
Secretary of State for the Colonies
In office
8 February 1941 – 22 February 1942
MonarchGeorge VI
Prime MinisterSir Winston Churchill
Preceded byThe Lord Lloyd
Succeeded byViscount Cranborne
Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries
In office
10 May 1940 – 8 February 1941
Serving with Tom Williams
MonarchGeorge VI
Prime MinisterSir Winston Churchill
Preceded byThe Lord Denham
Succeeded byThe Duke of Norfolk
Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries
In office
4 November 1925 – 4 June 1929
MonarchGeorge V
Prime MinisterStanley Baldwin
Preceded byE. F. L. Wood
Succeeded byNoel Buxton
Financial Secretary to the Treasury
In office
5 October 1923 – 23 January 1924
MonarchGeorge V
Prime MinisterStanley Baldwin
Preceded bySir William Joynson-Hicks
Succeeded byWilliam Graham
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for War
In office
31 October 1922 – 5 October 1923
MonarchGeorge V
Prime MinisterBonar Law
Stanley Baldwin
Preceded byRobert Sanders
Succeeded byWilfrid Ashley
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
In office
21 January 1932 – 6 November 1944
Hereditary peerage
Preceded byPeerage created
Succeeded byThe 2nd Baron Moyne
Member of Parliament
for Bury St Edmunds
In office
24 August 1907 – 27 October 1931
Preceded byFrederick Hervey
Succeeded byFrank Heilgers
Personal details
Born
Walter Edward Guinness

(1880-03-29)29 March 1880
Dublin, Ireland
Died6 November 1944(1944-11-06) (aged 64)
Cairo, Egypt
NationalityBritish
Political partyConservative
Spouse
Lady Evelyn Erskine
(m. 1903; died 1939)
Children3, including Bryan Guinness, 2nd Baron Moyne
Parent(s)Edward Guinness, 1st Earl of Iveagh
Adelaide Guinness
Military service
Allegiance United Kingdom
Branch/service British Army
Years of service1899–1918
RankBrigade major
Battles/wars
Lord Moyne, Secretary of State for the Colonies, entertaining recruits from Jamaica on their arrival in London for RAF training.

Walter Edward Guinness, 1st Baron Moyne, DSO & Bar, TD, PC (29 March 1880 – 6 November 1944), was a British Conservative politician, soldier and businessman. He served as the British minister of state in the Middle East until November 1944, when he was assassinated by the Jewish terrorist group Lehi in Cairo. The assassination of Lord Moyne sent shock waves through Palestine and the rest of the world.