Biography of Bryan Walter Guiness 2nd Baron Moyne 1905-1992

On 24th June 1903 [his father] Walter Guiness 1st Baronet Moyne (age 23) and [his mother] Evelyn Hilda Stuart Erskine (age 20) were married. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Shipley Gordon Stuart Erskine 14th Earl Buchan (age 53). He the son of [his grandfather] Edward Guiness 1st Earl Iveagh (age 55) and [his grandmother] Adelaide "Dodo" Guinness (age 59).

On 27th October 1905 Bryan Walter Guiness 2nd Baron Moyne was born to Walter Guiness 1st Baronet Moyne (age 25) and Evelyn Hilda Stuart Erskine (age 22).

14th November 1928. Daily Mirror. Dubtant to Wed. Engagment of Hon. [his future wife] Diana Freeman-Mitford (age 18) to Cabinet Minister's Son.

One of the prettiest debutants of the year is to marry the son of a Cabinet Minister.

The engagement was announced last night of the Hon. Diana Freeman-Mitford, third daughter of [his future father-in-law] Lord (age 50) and [his future mother-in-law] Lady (age 48) Redesdale, and Mr. Bryan Guiness (age 23), elder son of Colonel [his father] Walter Guiness (age 48), Minster of Agriculture, and Lady [his mother] Evelyn Guiness (age 45).

On 30th January 1929 Bryan Guiness (age 23) and Diana Mitford (age 18) were married at St Margaret's Church, Westminster [Map].

6th February 1929. The Sketch. The marriage of Mr. Bryan Guinness (age 23), son of the Hon. Walter Guinness, to the Hon. [his wife] Diana Mitford (age 18), third daughter of Lord and Lady Redesdale, was solemnised at St. Margaret's, Westminster [Map]. The lovely nineteen-year-old bride was attended by eleven bridesmaids.

Note. Her sisters [his sister-in-law] Nancy (age 24) and [his sister-in-law] Unity (age 14) were two of the eleven bridesmaid. Her younger sisters [his sister-in-law] Jessica Lucy Mitford (age 11) and [his sister-in-law] Deborah Vivien Mitford Duchess Devonshire (age 8) were unwell but threw rice as her car passed.

In June 1933 Bryan Walter Guiness 2nd Baron Moyne (age 27) and Diana Mitford (age 22) were divorced.

Devon-based newspaper the Western Times reported how ‘the Hon. Diana Guinness was granted a decree nisi by Lord Merrivale in the Divorce Court yesterday on the ground of the adultery of her husband, the Hon. Bryan Walter Guinness, who did not defend the suit.'

According to Mrs. Guinness's case she and her husband were perfectly happy until after the birth of their second child in 1931. Differences arose, and there were quarrels. In February, 1933, a deed of separation was entered into. A month later Mrs. Guinness received from her husband a letter stating that he had stayed with Miss Isolde Field at a Brighton hotel.

On 6th October 1936 Oswald Mosley 6th Baronet (age 39) and [his former wife] Diana Mitford (age 26) were married.

In 1939 [his mother] Evelyn Hilda Stuart Erskine (age 56) died.

On 19th April 1941 Andrew Cavendish 11th Duke Devonshire (age 21) and [his former sister-in-law] Deborah Mitford (age 21) were married. He the son of Edward William Spencer Cavendish 10th Duke Devonshire (age 45) and Mary Alice Gascoyne-Cecil Duchess Devonshire (age 45).

At the commencement of their honeymoon Deborah ‘stopped the car when starting on her honeymoon and registered at a small Labour Exchange for National Service,' as per The Sketch.

On 6th November 1944 [his father] Walter Guiness 1st Baronet Moyne (age 64) died.

On 26th November 1950 Edward William Spencer Cavendish 10th Duke Devonshire (age 55) died. His son Andrew (age 30) succeeded 11th Duke Devonshire, 14th Earl Devonshire, 6th Earl Burlington, 14th Baron Cavendish Hardwick. [his former sister-in-law] Deborah Vivien Mitford Duchess Devonshire (age 30) by marriage Duchess Devonshire. On 24th December 1988 Mary Alice Gascoyne-Cecil Duchess Devonshire (age 55) died. Both the Duke and Duchess were buried in the Cavendish Plot, St Peter's Church, Edensor [Map].

On 6th July 1992 Bryan Walter Guiness 2nd Baron Moyne (age 86) died.

On 11th August 2003 [his former wife] Diana Mitford (age 93) died.