| Authorised form of name | Guinness; Edward Cecil (1847 - 1927); 1st Earl of Iveagh |
| Dates | 1847 - 1927 |
| Place of birth | St Anne's, Clontarf, County Dublin, Ireland |
| Date of birth | 10 November 1847 |
| Place of death | His house in Grosvenor Place, London |
| Date of death | 07/10/1927 |
| Activity | Honours:
Bt 1885; Baron Iveagh 1891; KP 1896; Viscount Iveagh 1905; GCVO 1910; Earl of Iveagh and Viscount Elveden 1919
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| Membership category | Statute 12 |
| Date of election | 01/11/1906 |
| Source | Sources:
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'. |
| Code | NA2887 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EC/1906/18 | Guinness, Edward Cecil, 1st Earl of Iveagh: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| MC/21/328 | Letter from [Edward Cecil Guinness] Lord Iveagh, 5 Grosvenor Place, to Sir Archibald Geikie | 2 November 1906 |
| MC/21 | Volume 21 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1906 |