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  Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Earl of Iveagh
Earl of Iveagh (pronounced "Ive-a") is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
As of 2007 the titles are held by his great-great-grandson, the fourth Earl, who succeeded his father in 1992.
Arthur Francis Benjamin Guinness, 3rd Earl of Iveagh (1937-1992)
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 Edward Cecil Guinness   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Many notable people came to Elveden to enjoy the shooting and the Earl's hospitality, among them Edward, Prince of Wales, later to become King Edward V11, and his illustrious friends, all conveyed by carriages and later cars, from Thetford Station, together with their personal servants, and a huge quantity of trunks and boxes.
Lord Iveagh more than doubled the size of the Hall; a wing was built to match the existing hall and the two were joined, centrally, by an imposing copper-domed edifice.
This was one of England's first agricultural institutes and its purpose was to provide agricultural education to the sons of farm labourers, small holders and farmers in Suffolk and surrounding counties.
gallot.co.nz /Guinness/Edward_Cecil_Guinness.htm   (785 words)

  
 Guinness Family History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Ten years later, in 1886, Edward Cecil, who was created the first Earl of Iveagh, brought Guinness public and enriched himself to the tune of £300 million in today's money, while retaining more than 50 per cent of the shares.
Rupert, the 2nd Earl of Iveagh, became Chairman of Guinness, as did, eventually, the third Earl of Iveagh, Benjamin Guinness, who lived at Farmleigh and who died of cancer seven years ago in 1992.
Benjamin's eldest son Edward, the 4th Earl of Iveagh, like his older sister Lady Emma, was born in Farmleigh, the house the family is now selling.
www.gallot.co.nz /Guinness_surnames.htm   (936 words)

  
 Chadacre Agricultural Trust
In this context, agriculture and farming include the relevant sciences and practical crafts involved in farming and land management, and also in any ancillary trades, together with nature conservation’.
The Trust was formed on 11 October 1990 following the closure of the Chadacre Agricultural Institute, which had been founded by the First Earl of Iveagh and created by Deed of Trust and Constitution in July 1920.
The Trust is run by a Body of Governors, chaired by the Earl of Iveagh, who meet quarterly to assess grant applications and allocate funding.
www.chadacre-trust.org.uk   (128 words)

  
 Kenwood: The Iveagh Bequest : The Iveagh Bequest : Exhibitions : Properties : Days Out & Events : English Heritage
This eighteenth-century villa with splendid interiors and gardens has an intriguing history; it is also an art gallery housing an outstanding collection of Old Master paintings.
Robert Adam remodelled the neoclassical villa between 1764 and 1779 for the first Earl of Mansfield, the greatest English judge of the eighteenth century.
In 1927 the house and grounds were bequeathed to the nation by Edward Cecil Guinness, first Earl of Iveagh, chairman of the world's most successful brewery.
www.english-heritage.org.uk /server/show/nav.8616   (166 words)

  
  DUBLIN - Online Information article about DUBLIN
OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
BRISTOL, JOHN DIGBY, 1ST EARL OF 6 (1580-1653)
encyclopedia.jrank.org /DRO_ECG/DUBLIN.html   (4248 words)

  
 Iveagh Trust Housing, Patrick Street, Dublin (Joseph, Smitherm, and Joseph) [Archeire, Irish Architecture Online]
This was the single largest piece of urban renewal in Edwardian Dublin, and was commissioned by the Earl of Iveagh to clean up the slums that surrounded St Patrick's Cathedral of which he was funding the restoration.
The centrepiece of the Trust scheme was the Iveagh Baths on Bride Street.
Easily the best site in the Iveagh Trust scheme, its faces across the park to the Cathedral, the park itself was created by Lord Iveagh by removing existing slums which where built up to the side of the Cathedral.
www.irish-architecture.com /buildings_ireland/dublin/southcity/patrick_street/iveagh.html   (321 words)

  
 Kenwood House (English Heritage) - Manchester City Guide venues & listings
Later Earls of Mansfield redesigned the parkland and Kenwood remained in the family until 1925.
In 1927, when the Earl died, he bequeathed the Kenwood Estate and part of his collection of pictures to the nation.
When developers tried to buy the estate, the house and grounds were saved for the public by a brewing magnate, the first Earl of Iveagh.
www.24hourmuseum.org.uk /manchester/museum/MW387.html?ixsid=Vu64F30Iv1f   (841 words)

  
 Kenwood House, London NW3: tourist information from TourUK
The 1st Earl purchased the house in 1754 when he was Attorney General, and two years later he became Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench.
In 1764 - 73 the 1st Earl commissioned Robert Adam to remodel and furnish the early-18th century house.
In 1925 Kenwood House and the final 74 acres were bought by Edward Cecil Guinness, 1st Earl of Iveagh.
www.touruk.co.uk /london_houses/kenwood_house1.htm   (638 words)

  
 IRTA: 2003 Championships   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
The IRTA is striving to persuade the Irish government that real tennis is the correct use for the court.
The court was built in 1885 by Sir Edward Guinness (of the stout), later 1st Earl Iveagh; it was the venue for the 1890 World Championships (Tom Pettitt vs. Charles Saunders); and it was given to the Irish State in 1939 by Rupert Guinness, 2nd Earl of Iveagh, as part of a larger bequest.
The 2nd Earl of Iveagh intended the court to be used for real tennis, but WWII intervened and the state allowed UCD to use it.
www.irishrealtennis.ie /Champ2003Poster.html   (232 words)

  
 National Portrait Gallery A-Z of Portrait Sitters (I)
Walter Stafford Northcote, 2nd Earl of Iddesleigh (1845-1927), Author, landowner and civil servant.
Giles Stephen Holland Fox-Strangways, 6th Earl of Ilchester (1874-1959), Landowner and historian.
Winifred Constance Hester Paget, Viscountess Ingestre, Wife of son of 20th Earl of Shrewsbury.
www.npg.org.uk /live/search/a-z/sitI.asp   (690 words)

  
 History of the Guinness Brewing Company - The Perfect Pint Shoppe   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
The grandson of the original Arthur Guinness, Sir Benjamin Guinness, was Lord Mayor of Dublin and was created a baronet in 1867 and died the next year.
His eldest son Arthur, 1st Baron Ardilaun (1840-1915), sold control of the brewery to Sir Benjamin's third son Edward (1847-1927), who became 1st Earl of Iveagh.
He and his son and great-grandson the 2nd and 3rd Earls chaired the Guinness company into the 1980s, at which time non-family chief executive Ernest Saunders became chairman as part of the merger with leading Scotch whisky producer United Distillers.
www.perfectpintshoppe.com /history.html   (682 words)

  
 Minister of State Tom Parlon TD welcomes a lecture on the homes and collections of Edward Cecil Guinness, 7th November, ...
Minister of State Tom Parlon, T.D., welcomes a lecture by Julius Bryant, Chief Curator at English Heritage on Edward Cecil Guinness, first Earl of Iveagh his Homes and Collections, at Farmleigh, today Friday 7th November 2003 at 7.30pm.
In 1928 Kenwood became the home of a superb collection of old master paintings donated by Edward Cecil Guinness, first Earl of Iveagh.
To mark the 75th anniversary of the public opening of Kenwood in 1928, Julius Bryant has written a catalogue of the Bequest, published in October 2003 by Yale University Press.
www.opw.ie /whatsnew/pr2003/07nov03.htm   (421 words)

  
 AbeBooks: Suchergebnisse - T.W.Turner und Memoirs Of A Gamekeeper: Elveden
Foreword by the Earl of Iveagh.159pp, 8 full-page fl and white photographs, map.
Excerpted fromt he Foreword, by The Earl Of Iveagh: "The recollections of a great countryman, spread over nearly eighty years, must, I think, interest all those who love sport and life on the land.
Here have been assembled the chronicles of a sporting estate, and pictures of a manner of life, which, owing to the vicissitudes of our time, has now passed away.".
www.abebooks.de /search/sortby/3/an/T.W.Turner+/tn/+Memoirs+Of+A+Gamekeeper:+Elveden   (323 words)

  
 Guinness - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
The grandson of the original Arthur Guinness, Sir Benjamin Guinness, was Lord Mayor of Dublin and was created a baronet in 1867, only to die the next year.
His eldest son Arthur, Baron Ardilaun (1840–1915), sold control of the brewery to Sir Benjamin's third son Edward (1847–1927), who became 1st Earl of Iveagh.
He, his son and great-grandson, the 2nd and 3rd Earls, chaired the Guinness company into the 1980s, at which time non-family chief executive Ernest Saunders became chairman as part of the merger with leading Scotch whisky producer Distillers.
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 Hampton Court Flower Show '2001 - Kenwood - ICanGarden.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
As you can see by the picture it is huge and home to the finest collection of Old Master paintings given to the British nation in the 20th century.
In this Georgian villa you will discover masterpieces by Rembrandt, Vermeer, Hals, Van Dyck, Gainsborough, Reynolds, Turner and more formed around 1890 by Edward Cecil Guinness, first Earl of Iveagh and chairman of Guinness brewery.
Kenwood sits on 112 acres of gardens and ancient woodland commanding a very impressive view of the center of London.
www.icangarden.com /Pix/hampton2001_kenw.cfm   (173 words)

  
 Earl of Iveagh. Compare Earl of Iveagh brand ethics and item price !   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
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 Amazon.com: "Earl of Iveagh": Key Phrase page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
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Connor d'Arcy, descendant of the first king of Ireland, true son of Tara, Lord Earl of Iveagh, a sheep farmer!
of some of her cousins.' Mullally, however, did point out that Ernest Cecil Guinness's appropriation of the ancient Irish title Earl of Iveagh,...
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 NPG x162548; Edward Cecil Guiness, 1st Earl of Iveagh
NPG x162548; Edward Cecil Guiness, 1st Earl of Iveagh
Edward Cecil Guiness, 1st Earl of Iveagh (1847-1927), Philanthropist.
Artist associated with 9226 portraits, Sitter in 4 portraits.
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 Earl of Iveagh - Company profile & brands
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 Karen Robards - Books
DARK OF THE MOON, historical, 1988 (okay, I love this one, too; if I didn't love them, I wouldn't write them, right?
Connor d'Arcy, Lord Earl of Iveagh, is one of my very favorite heroes)
TIGER'S EYE, historical, 1989 (I'm really trying not to write a comment about every book, but I just can't help myself with this one: Publisher's Weekly called it "a delightful tale" and it's another one of my favorites)
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