Walter Guinness

Walter Guinness   (politician, businessman)
Born	29 March 1880
Died	6 November 1944 (Age 64)
Cause of death	gunshot
Nationality	British, Irish
Member of	The Other Club
Victim of	• assassination • Zionism
Lord Moyne. An Anglo-Irish politician and businessman. Was Minister of State in UN Mandate Palestine in 1944 when he was assassinated by members of Lehi  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 carefully prepared and practised plan of action, they shot Lord Moyne and his driver Lance Corporal Arthur Fuller, both of whom died at the scene.