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The opening as it read in 2005
Walter Edward Guinness was born in Dublin , Ireland and was the 3rd son of the 1st Earl of Iveagh . From Eton he volunteered for service in the South African War , where he was wounded. In 1907 he was elected to Parliament as Conservative member for Bury St Edmunds , which he continued to represent until 1931 . During World War I Guinness again served with distinction in the Suffolk Yeomanry in Egypt , and at Gallipoli . In 1922 he was appointed Under Secretary for War , the first of several political appointments which culminated in his term of office as Minister of Agriculture , November 1925 - June 1929 . After the Conservative defeat in 1929 he retired from office and was created Baron Moyne of Bury St Edmunds. During World War II he became Secretary of State for the Colonies and Leader of the House of Lords in 1941 . In August 1942 he was appointed Deputy Minister of State in Cairo , and in January 1944 Minister Resident in the Middle East. On 6 November 1944 he was assassinated in Cairo by two members of the Jewish Stern Gang , known in Hebrew as Lehi ( Fighters for the Freedom of Israel ), who were fighting the British government's decision to halt the entry of Jews to the British Mandate of Palestine during the Holocaust of World War II .1
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He served as the British minister of state in the Middle East until November 1944, when he was assassinated by the militant Jewish Zionist group Lehi .
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The opening as it stood in 2015
Lord Moyne, Secretary of State for the Colonies, entertaining recruits from Jamaica on their arrival in London for RAF training. He served as the British minister of state in the Middle East until November 1944, when he was assassinated by the Jewish terrorist group Lehi .
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The opening as it stood in 2020
British politician Lord Moyne, Secretary of State for the Colonies, entertaining recruits from Jamaica on their arrival in London for RAF training. Walter Edward Guinness, 1st Baron Moyne , DSO & Bar , PC (29 March 1880 – 6 November 1944) was an Anglo-Irish politician and businessman. He served as the British minister of state in the Middle East until November 1944, when he was assassinated by the Jewish terrorist group Lehi .
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
British politician (1880–1944) Lord Moyne, Secretary of State for the Colonies, entertaining recruits from Jamaica on their arrival in London for RAF training. Walter Edward Guinness, 1st Baron Moyne , DSO & Bar , PC (29 March 1880 – 6 November 1944), was an Anglo-Irish politician and businessman. He served as the British minister of state in the Middle East until November 1944, when he was assassinated by the Jewish terrorist group Lehi .
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The opening as it stood in 2025
British politician (1880–1944) Lord Moyne, Secretary of State for the Colonies, entertaining recruits from Jamaica on their arrival in London for RAF training. Walter Edward Guinness, 1st Baron Moyne , DSO & Bar , TD , PC (29 March 1880 – 6 November 1944), was a British Conservative politician, soldier and businessman.He served as the British minister of state in the Middle East until November 1944, when he was assassinated by the Zionist terrorist group Lehi in Cairo.The assassination of Lord Moyne sent shock waves through Palestine and the rest of the world.
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What Wikipedia says this is
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british politician
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british politician and businessman
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Early political career3,440 characters
Business and charitable interests796 characters
Later political career3,254 characters
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