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Group Captain Thomas Loel Evelyn Bulkeley Guinness OBE (9 June 1906 – 31 December 1988)〔Mosley, Charles, Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition, volume 2, page 1695.〕 was a British Conservative politician, Member of Parliament (MP) for Bath (1931–1945), business magnate and philanthropist. Guinness also financed the purchase of the ''Calypso'' for the famous oceanic explorer Jacques-Yves Cousteau and his movie ''The Silent World'' (1956). ==Early life== Raised in the United States and England, Loel Guinness was a son of Benjamin Solomon Guinness (1868–1947), a lawyer from whom he inherited a fortune, and Bridget Henrietta Frances Williams-Bulkeley (d.1931). He was descended from Samuel Guinness, a Dublin goldsmith (1727–1795) and the younger brother of the Guinness brewery's founder Arthur Guinness. He also had two sisters: * Meraud Michelle Wemyss Guinness (1904–1993) who married Alvaro Guevara (1894–1951) in 1929. * Tanis Eva Bulkeley Guinness (1908–1993) who married: *#The Honourable William Drogo Sturges Montagu (m.1931-1937), son of George Charles Montagu, 9th Earl of Sandwich. *#Howard Dietz (m.1937-1951). *#Lieutenant Commander Charles Edward Harold John Phillips, whom she married in 1951. He was educated at Royal Military College, Sandhurst. He gained the rank of Lieutenant in the service of the Irish Guards. In 1929, after taking flying lessons, Mr. Guinness became one of the first private citizens in England to own an airplane and soon he was a member of the County of London's Auxiliary Air Force. He later served as president of Air Work Ltd., an aircraft-parts supplier, and of British United Airways. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Loel Guinness (politician)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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