Earl of Iveagh (pronounced /ˈaɪvi/ EYE-vee—especially in Dublin—or /ˈaɪvɑː/ EYE-vah[2][3]) is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, created in 1919 for the businessman and philanthropist Edward Guinness, 1st Viscount Iveagh.
[1] Guinness had already been created a baronet, of Castle Knock in the County of Dublin, in 1885.
[1] As of 2015, the titles are held by his great-great-grandson, the fourth Earl, who succeeded his father in 1992.
The Conservative politician Walter Guinness, 1st Baron Moyne, was the third son of the first Earl.
[8] The heir apparent is the current Earl's son, Arthur Guinness, Viscount Elveden.