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Benjamin Guinness, 3rd Earl of Iveagh (Arthur Francis Benjamin Guinness) was born on 20 May, 1937, is an Irish businessman and politician (1937–1992). Discover Benjamin Guinness, 3rd Earl of Iveagh's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 55 years old?

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Age 55 years old
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Born 20 May 1937
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Date of death 18 June, 1992
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His wife is Miranda Smiley (m. 1963-1984)

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1937

Arthur Francis Benjamin Guinness, 3rd Earl of Iveagh (20 May 1937 – 18 June 1992), styled Viscount Elveden between 1945 and 1967, was an Irish businessman and politician.

1945

His father, Viscount Elveden, was a Major in the 55th (Suffolk and Norfolk Yeomanry) Anti-Tank Regiment of the Royal Artillery and was killed in action by a V-2 rocket while serving in Belgium on 8 February 1945.

1947

In 1947, his mother remarried Edward Rory More O'Ferrall, from another aristocratic Irish family.

Lord Iveagh was educated at Eton College, Trinity College, Cambridge, and the University of Grenoble.

1961

He lived at Farmleigh in the Phoenix Park in Dublin and was chairman of Guinness 1961–1992.

He was a trustee of two charitable housing associations, the Iveagh Trust in Dublin and the Guinness Trust in London.

He was involved in horse breeding and also owned horses.

The More O'Ferralls, his mother's husband's family were prominent in racing and breeding circles.

He helped to finance the Kildangan Stud, a famous stud farm owned by his step-uncle, Roderic More O'Ferrall.

Uniquely at the time, he was a member of two upper houses simultaneously.

1962

He was chairman of Guinness plc from 1962 to 1986, and then its president from 1986 until his death in 1992.

Lord Iveagh (often popularly known as Benjamin Iveagh) was born into the Anglo-Irish Guinness family, being the son of Arthur Onslow Edward Guinness, Viscount Elveden, and Lady Elizabeth Cecilia Hare, daughter of the Richard Hare, 4th Earl of Listowel.

1963

Lord Iveagh married Miranda Daphne Jane Smiley, daughter of Major Michael Smiley, of Castle Fraser, Kemnay, Aberdeenshire, on 12 March 1963.

1967

He inherited the title from his grandfather, The 2nd Earl of Iveagh, in September 1967.

He was in the British House of Lords from 1967 to 1992, and was appointed an Irish Senator by Liam Cosgrave from 1973 to 1977.

Towards the end of his life, Guinness was an alcoholic.

His obituary in The Independent, described his business career as "at best undistinguished and at times positively disastrous ...[h]is reign [as chairman of Guinness] was marked first by a phase of unbridled diversification away from the core brewing business and then a prolonged period of debilitating decline."

1984

They had four children before their divorce in 1984:

1992

Lord Iveagh died of cancer in Kensington and Chelsea, London, in 1992 at the age of 55.

His eldest son succeeded to the family titles.