Walter Guinness, 1st Baron Moyne

The Right Honourable The Lord Moyne DSO TD PC
First World War portrait, 1918
Leader of the House of Lords Secretary of State for the Colonies
In office 8 February 1941 – 22 February 1942
Monarch	George VI
Prime Minister	Sir Winston Churchill
Preceded by	The Lord Lloyd
Succeeded by	Viscount Cranborne
Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries
In office 10 May 1940 – 8 February 1941 Serving with Tom Williams
Monarch	George VI
Prime Minister	Sir Winston Churchill
Preceded by	The Lord Denham
Succeeded by	The Duke of Norfolk
Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries
In office 4 November 1925 – 4 June 1929
Monarch	George V
Prime Minister	Stanley Baldwin
Preceded by	E. F. L. Wood
Succeeded by	Noel Buxton
Financial Secretary to the Treasury
In office 5 October 1923 – 23 January 1924
Monarch	George V
Prime Minister	Stanley Baldwin
Preceded by	Sir William Joynson-Hicks
Succeeded by	William Graham
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for War
In office 31 October 1922 – 5 October 1923
Monarch	George V
Prime Minister	Bonar Law Stanley Baldwin
Preceded by	Robert Sanders
Succeeded by	Wilfrid Ashley
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal
In office 21 January 1932 – 6 November 1944 Hereditary peerage
Preceded by	Peerage created
Succeeded by	The 2nd Baron Moyne
Member of Parliament for Bury St Edmunds
In office 24 August 1907 – 27 October 1931
Preceded by	Frederick Hervey
Succeeded by	Frank Heilgers
Personal details
Born	Walter Edward Guinness (1880-03-29)29 March 1880 Dublin, Ireland
Died	6 November 1944(1944-11-06) (aged 64) Cairo, Egypt
Nationality	British
Political party	Conservative
Spouse	Lady Evelyn Erskine ​ ​ (m. 1903; died 1939)​
Children	3, including Bryan Guinness, 2nd Baron Moyne
Parent(s)	Edward Guinness, 1st Earl of Iveagh Adelaide Guinness
Military service
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Branch/service	British Army
Years of service	1899–1918
Rank	Brigade major
Battles/wars	Second Boer War First World War Battle of Passchendaele German spring offensive

Walter Edward Guinness, 1st Baron Moyne, DSO & Bar, TD, PC (29 March 1880 – 6 November 1944), was a British Conservative politician, soldier and businessman. He served as the British minister of state in the Middle East until November 1944, when he was assassinated by the Jewish terrorist group Lehi in Cairo. The assassination of Lord Moyne sent shock waves through Palestine and the rest of the world.