Edward Guinness, 4th Earl of Iveagh

The Right Honourable The Earl of Iveagh DL
Born	(1969-07-10) 10 July 1969 County Kildare, Ireland
Residence	Suffolk, UK, and Kildare, Ireland
Occupation	Brewing and Land

Arthur Edward Rory Guinness, 4th Earl of Iveagh, DL (born 25 August 1969), styled Viscount Elveden until 1992, is a member of the Guinness family. An Anglo-Irish aristocrat, he is the son of The 3rd Earl of Iveagh and Miranda Guinness. He is usually known to his family and friends as Edward Iveagh or Ned Iveagh.

On 27 October 2001 the earl married interior designer Clare Hazell, at the Church of St Andrew's and St Patrick's, Elveden, Suffolk.

Lord Iveagh lives on the 22,486 acres (91.00 km²) Elveden Estate in Suffolk, England. The estate operates as a "one unit" farm concentrating on root vegetables with cereals as a break crop. Approximately 4,000 acres (16 km²) comprises forest.

Lord Iveagh sold Farmleigh, the family's Irish home, to the Irish Government in 1999 for €29.2m (£18.9m).

Arms

Coat of arms of Edward Guinness, 4th Earl of Iveagh

Coronet A Coronet of an Earl Crest 1st: A Boar passant quarterly Or and Gules; 2nd: On a Pillar Argent encircled by a Ducal Coronet Or an Eagle preying on a Bird's Leg erased proper Escutcheon Quarterly: 1st and 4th, Per saltire Gules and Azure a Lion rampant Or on a Chief Ermine a Dexter Hand couped at the wrist of the first (Guinness); 2nd and 3rd, Argent on a Fess between three Crescents Sable a Trefoil slipped Or (Lee) Supporters On either side a Stag Gules collared gemel and attired Or each resting a hind hoof upon an Escutcheon Vert charged with a Lion rampant Or Motto Spes Mea In Deo (My hope is in God)

Ancestry

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by the Earl of Iveagh
• A Year in the Life of a Country Estate – A series of 12 articles about Elveden from the BBC, dating from 2003.
• http://thepeerage.com/p5871.htm#i58705