member of the board of directors of Guinness, and served with the Guinness Trust. Personal life In 1963, Channon married Ingrid Guinness (née Wyndham), the former wife of his cousin Jonathan Guinness. He inherited three stepchildren, and they had three children: Henry, Georgia, and Olivia Gwendolen. In 1986, 22-year-old Olivia died from the effects of drink and drugs during a party in the Christ Church, Oxford, rooms of Count Gottfried von Bismarck. The coroner recorded a verdict of misadventure. Henry Channon died on 24 October 2021, aged 51. Death In later years, Channon suffered from Alzheimer's disease. He died at his home in Brentwood, Essex, on 27 January 2007, at the age of 71. Ancestry References External links Kelvedon Hall As a baby, in LIFE magazine, March 1, 1937 |- |- |- |- 1935 births 2007 deaths Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford British military personnel of the Cyprus Emergency British Secretaries of State Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Conservative Party (UK) life peers English people of American descent Guinness family Life peers created by Elizabeth II Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom People educated at Eton College People educated at Lockers Park School People from Brentwood, Essex Presidents of the Oxford University Conservative Association Royal Horse Guards officers UK MPs 1955–1959 UK MPs 1959–1964 UK MPs 1964–1966 UK MPs 1966–1970 UK MPs 1970–1974 UK MPs 1974 UK MPs 1974–1979 UK MPs 1979–1983 UK MPs 1983–1987 UK MPs 1987–1992 UK MPs 1992–1997 Northern Ireland Office junior ministers Secretaries of State for Transport (UK) Presidents of the Board of Trade Military personnel from London