Walter Edward Guinness, 1st Baron Moyne, born March 29, 1880, in Dublin, Ireland, and killed by assassination on November 6, 1944, in Cairo, Egypt, was a British Conservative politician, soldier and businessman who served as the British minister of state in the Middle East until his assassination by the Zionist militant group Lehi. He served as Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries from November 4, 1925, to June 4, 1929, under Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin, during which his main success was expanding the acreage devoted to sugar beet, including the construction of the first beet processing factory in his own electoral district.
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Defining ContributionJoined the Cabinet as Minister of Agriculture from November 1925 to June 1929, when his main achievement was expanding the sugar beet acreage, including the first beet processing factory built in his own constituency. 1 In the Other Atlases
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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.
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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.
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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.
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A ministerial vacancy enabled him to join the Cabinet as Minister of Agriculture from November 1925 until June 1929, where his main success was in increasing the sugar beet area.
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