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Gwendolen Florence Mary Guinness, Countess of Iveagh (née Onslow; 22 July 1881 – 16 February 1966) was an Anglo-Irish aristocrat and Conservative politician. She was, by marriage, a member of the Guinness brewing dynasty.
21 de set. de 2019 · Gwendolen Florence Mary Guinness, Countess of Iveagh - known as Gwenny - (22 July 1881 – 16 February 1966) was a Conservative politician in the United Kingdom, and by marriage a member of the Anglo-Irish Guinness brewing family.
Gwendolen Florence Mary Guinness, Countess of Iveagh (née Onslow; 22 July 1881 – 16 February 1966) was an Anglo-Irish aristocrat and Conservative politician. She was, by marriage, a member of the Guinness brewing dynasty.
In 1905 the Hon. Rupert Guinness (Viscount Elveden) bought land that had formerly been part of Woking Park from his father-in-law, the 4 th Earl of Onslow of Clandon Park, and created Pyrford Court, designed by Clyde Young.
Gwendolen Florence Mary Guinness (née Onslow), Countess of Iveagh; Rupert Edward Cecil Lee Guinness, 2nd Earl of Iveagh. National Portrait Gallery.
For eight years from 1927 to 1935, Gwendolen Guinness sat as one of the very few women MP’s in the House of Commons. At the time her role was revolutionary in social terms, women of the time having barely achieved the right to vote or represent others politically.
The Conservatives chose the former MP's wife, 46-year-old Gwendolen Guinness, now titled the Countess of Iveagh to defend the seat. The Liberal candidate was 33-year-old Hon. Dougall Meston . He was a former soldier who had become a Barrister in 1924.
