Bryan Guinness, 2nd Baron Moyne

Bryan Walter Guinness, 2nd Baron Moyne (* October 27, 1905; † July 6, 1992 ) was a British aristocrat of Irish origin, writer and brewing heritage.

Bryan Guinness was in October 1905, the son of Walter Guinness, 1st Baron Moyne, born and his wife Evelyn Hilda Stuart Erskine. After his father was killed in Cairo in 1944 assassinated, Guinness inherited the title Baron Moyne.

Family

Bryan Guinness married on January 30, 1929 Diana Mitford. In 1934, the marriage of the two children, Jonathan and Desmond, emerged, divorced again. On September 21, 1936 he married his second wife, Elizabeth Nelson (27 April 1912 - January 1999). From this marriage nine children were born.

Works (selection)

Plays

• The Fragrant Concubine, A Tragedy (1938 )
• A Riverside Charade (1954 )

Poetry

• Twenty -three Poems (1931 )
• Under the eyelid (1935 )
• Reflections (1947 )
• Collected Poems (1956 )
• The Rose in the Tree (1964 )
• The Clock (1973 )
• On a Ledge (1992 )

Children's Books

• The Story of Johnny and Jemima (1936 )
• The Children of the Desert (1947 )
• The Animal 's Breakfast (1950 )
• Catriona and the Grasshopper (1957 )
• Priscilla and the Prawn (1960 )
• The Girl with the Flower ( 1966)

Novels

• Singing Out ​​of Tune (1933 )
• Landscape with Figures (1934 )
• A Week by the Sea (1936 )
• Lady Crush Well's Companion (1938 )
• A Fugue of Cinderella (1956 )
• Leo and Rosa Belle (1961 )
• The Giant's Eye ( 1964)
• The Engagement (1969 )
• Hellenic Flirtation (1978 )

Memoirs

• Potpourri (1982 )
• Personal Patchwork 1939-45 (1986 )
• Dairy not kept (1988 )