Humphrey Guinness Holding A Hurlingham Pet c1930s B&W Photo by Freudy (American, active 1930s)
$1,200
Photo Sz: 9 1/2"H x 8"W
Frame Sz: 14 7/8"H x 12"W
Provenance:
From The Collection of Nicholas Colquhoun-Denvers, former chairman of The HPA (Hurlingham Polo Association)
Nicholas John Arthur Colquhoun-Denvers (January 1949 – 29 January 2026) was a British polo official. He was the chairman of the Ham Polo Club from 1995 to 2018, as well as the chairman of the Hurlingham Polo Association from 2009 to 2012, and the president of the Federation of International Polo from 2014 to 2018. Earlier in his life, he had played on the British Army Polo Team. Colquhoun-Denvers died on 29 January 2026.
Humphrey Patrick Guinness (24 March 1902 – 10 February 1986) was a British polo player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.
Biography
Guinness was born in Haslemere on 24 March 1902, and was educated at Eton College and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. His father Lt-Col Eustace Guinness DSO died at Bakenlaagte in the Second Boer War. His mother was Isabel, daughter of Charles Bell, J.P., of Woolsington Hall, Northumberland, England. His great-grandfather Robert Rundell Guinness (1789-1857) founded the Guinness Mahon bank in 1836.
Guinness participated in the 1930 and 1936 International Polo Cup. He became part of the British polo team, which won the silver medal in 1936. He played both matches in the tournament, the first against Mexico and the final against Argentina.
During World War II he served as a colonel in the Royal Scots Greys. In 1946 he married Gladys, daughter of Major William Edward Gatacre.
Guinness died on 10 February 1986 in Trowbridge, at the age of 83.