Walter Guinness

Walter Guinness   (politician, businessman)
Born	29 March 1880
Died	6 November 1944 (Age 64)
Cause of death	gunshot
Member of	The Other Club
Victim of	assassination
Secretary of State for the Colonies  In office 8 February 1941 - 22 February 1942  Leader of the House of Lords  In office 8 February 1941 - 22 February 1942

Walter Edward Guinness, 1st Baron Moyne, DSO & Bar, PC was an Anglo-Irish politician and businessman.

Assassination

On 6 November 1944, Eliyahu Bet-Zuri and Eliyahu Hakim of the Jewish militant group Lehi waited for Moyne near his home in Cairo following a well-planned and much practised plan of action to assassinate Walter Guinness.

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