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Walter Edward Guinness, 1st Baron Moyne, DSO & Bar, TD, PC (29 March 1880 – 6 November 1944), was a British Conservative politician, soldier and businessman. He served as the British minister of state in the Middle East until November 1944, when he was assassinated by the Zionist terrorist group Lehi in Cairo. The assassination of Lord Moyne sent shock waves through Palestine and the rest of the world.
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
| Preceded byFrederick William Fane Hervey | Member for Bury St Edmunds 1907–1931 | Succeeded byFrank Heilgers |
| Political offices | ||
| Preceded bySir William Joynson-Hicks | Financial Secretary to the Treasury 1923–1924 | Succeeded byWilliam Graham |
| Preceded byWilliam Graham | Financial Secretary to the Treasury 1924–1925 | Succeeded byRonald McNeill |
| Preceded byE . Wood | Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries 1925–1929 | Succeeded byNoel Buxton |
| Preceded byThe Lord Lloyd | Secretary of State for the Colonies 1941–1942 | Succeeded byViscount Cranborne |
| Leader of the House of Lords 1941–1942 | ||
| Party political offices | ||
| Preceded byThe Lord Lloyd | Leader of the Conservative Party in the House of Lords 1941–1942 | Succeeded byViscount Cranborne |
| Peerage of the United Kingdom | ||
| New title | Baron Moyne 1932–1944 | Succeeded byBryan Guinness |