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Authorised form of nameGuinness; Edward Cecil (1847 - 1927); 1st Earl of Iveagh
Dates1847 - 1927
Place of birthSt Anne's, Clontarf, County Dublin, Ireland
Date of birth10 November 1847
Place of deathHis house in Grosvenor Place, London
Date of death07/10/1927
ActivityHonours:
Bt 1885; Baron Iveagh 1891; KP 1896; Viscount Iveagh 1905; GCVO 1910; Earl of Iveagh and Viscount Elveden 1919
Membership categoryStatute 12
Date of election01/11/1906
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
References:
Vanity Fair 11 July 1891
Notes:
Elected a Fellow as Viscount Iveagh. Since there is no mention of his election in the Candidate Book, he has been entered as a Statute 12 Fellow. His surname spelt as above, with 2 'n's, in DNB, index to BR, and R, but in BR itself has only 1 'n'.
CodeNA2887
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EC/1906/18Guinness, Edward Cecil, 1st Earl of Iveagh: certificate of election to the Royal Society
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