Humphrey Patrick Guinness

Humphrey Patrick Guinness (24 March 1902 to 10 February 1986) was a British polo player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. He was born in Haslemere and educated at Eton College and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. His father, Lieutenant-Colonel Eustace Guinness, died at Bakenlaagte in the Second Boer War, and his great-grandfather Robert Rundell Guinness founded the Guinness Mahon bank in 1836. He took part in the International Polo Cup in 1930 and 1936 and was part of the British team that won the silver medal in 1936, playing both matches, the first against Mexico and the final against Argentina. He served as a colonel in the Royal Scots Greys in the Second World War and died in Trowbridge.