Background
He was born on 24 March 1902, and was educated at Eton College and Sandhurst. His father Lieutenant-Colonel Eustace Guinness Defence Science Organisation died at Bakenlaagte in the Second Boer War.
He was born on 24 March 1902, and was educated at Eton College and Sandhurst. His father Lieutenant-Colonel Eustace Guinness Defence Science Organisation died at Bakenlaagte in the Second Boer War.
His mother was Isabel, daughter of Charles Bell, Justice of the Peace, of Woolsington Hall, Northumberland, England. His great-grandfather Robert Rundell Guinness (1789-1857) founded the Guinness Mahon bank in 1836. He participated in the 1930 and 1936 International Polo Cup.
He played both matches in the tournament, the first against Mexico and the final against Argentina.
During the Second World war he served as a colonel in the Royal Scots Greys. He died in 1986.