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...Lady Iveagh, daughter-in-law of the late head of the Guiness Brewery, became the seventh woman member* of the present parliament when she won (by a majority of about 6,000 votes over her Liberal and Labor opponents), the seat for Southend-on-Sea, vacated by her husband's elevation to the Peerage on the death of his father. Said she, summing up what was called a "piquant campaign:" "The Southend people's verdict proves, further, their confidence that a wife may represent them as faithfully as a husband...
...good-grade Britishers know, the owner "of Elveden Hall is the luxury-loving Viscount Elveden, first Earl of Iveagh. At 78 he is one of the most notable British exponents of la chasse de luxe. His huntsmen-guests are dined wherever they chance to find themselves at mealtimes, with the aid of an especially built traveling kitchen. Throughout his almost limitless estates there are scattered more than a sufficient number of hunting lodges, at which opulent shelter...
Others said, "The King is reported to find the informality at Elveden refreshing. It is significant that Colonel Walter Guinness, Lord Iveagh's younger son, has recently been appointed Minister of Agriculture in succession to E. F. L. Wood, who will go to India as Viceroy, succeeding Lord Reading...
...pari passu treatment with the U. S. in the matter of War debt payments, and if France and Italy had not defied Britain's contention that they should not make separate settlements with the U. S. Lieut.-Col. Walker Guinness (son of the stout and beer manufacturer, Lord Iveagh), Financial Secretary of the Treasury, replied: "The gallant gentleman is under a misapprehension...
Some of the "big" names appearing on the prospectuses of large distilling and brewing concerns: Field Marshal Earl Haig, connected with the firm of Haig & Haig; Lord Dewar, director of John Dewar & Co.; Viscount Iveagh, with whom are connected his sons, Captain Lord Elveden, Commander Sir Algernon Guinness, and Colonel the Hon. Walter Guinness, head of the great brewing firm...