Gwendolen Guinness, Countess of Iveagh
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Member of Parliament for Southend |
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In office 19 November 1927 – 13 November 1935 |
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| Preceded by | Viscount Elveden |
| Succeeded by | Henry Channon |
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Gwendolen Florence Mary Onslow 22 July 1881 |
| Died | 16 February 1966 (aged 84) |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Rupert Guinness, 2nd Earl of Iveagh |
| Children | Honor Guinness (eldest daughter, wife of Henry Channon) |
Gwendolen Florence Mary Guinness, Countess of Iveagh (née Lady Gwendolen Florence Mary Onslow; 22 July 1881 – 16 February 1966) was an Anglo-Irish aristocrat and Conservative politician. She was, by marriage, a member of the Guinness brewing dynasty.
She was the daughter of William Hillier Onslow, 4th Earl of Onslow (1853–1911), and Florence Coulston Onslow, née Gardner (1853–1934).
She was married to the Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for Southend, Rupert Guinness, 2nd Earl of Iveagh. In 1927, he ceased to be an MP when he succeeded to his father's earldom. The Countess of Iveagh, as Gwendolen Guinness was now known, won the Southend by-election on 19 November 1927 to replace her husband as MP. She served until her retirement at the 1935 general election.
When she retired in 1935 she was succeeded as MP by her eldest daughter Honor Guinness's husband, Henry "Chips" Channon. Another son-in-law, Alan Lennox-Boyd, was an MP (for Mid Bedfordshire 1931-60), making the first mother- and son-in-law set of MPs.
In 1956 she presented her Surrey childhood home, Clandon Park, to the National Trust.
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