Rupert Gwynne

Rupert Sackville Gwynne
Financial Secretary to the War Office
In office 15 March 1923 – 23 January 1924
Prime Minister	Bonar Law Stanley Baldwin
Preceded by	Stanley Jackson
Succeeded by	John James Lawson
Personal details
Born	2 August 1873
Died	12 October 1924 (aged 51) Eastbourne, East Sussex
Nationality	British
Political party	Conservative Party (UK)
Children	4
Residence	Folkington Manor
Alma mater	Pembroke College, Cambridge

Rupert Sackville Gwynne (2 August 1873 – 12 October 1924), was a British Conservative politician. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Eastbourne from 1910 to 1924.

He was the father of cookery writer Elizabeth David.

Gwynne was the third son and fourth child of nine children of James Eglinton Anderson Gwynne (1834-1915) of Gwynnes Limited and of Wootton Manor, Polegate, Sussex. He was educated at Shrewsbury School and then Pembroke College, Cambridge. He was called to the Bar at the Inner Temple in 1908.

Gwynne was elected as MP for Eastbourne at the January 1910 general election, and held the seat until he stood down at the 1924 general election. He was Financial Secretary to the War Office from 15 March 1923 until 23 January 1924. On 1 October 1923 he was made a member of the Army Council. He was renowned for his opposition to the Irish Republican Army which he termed "the Murder Gang".

Gwynne married Stella Ridley, daughter of the first Viscount Ridley in 1905 and had four daughters. One, Elizabeth, became Elizabeth David, the cookery writer. Gwynne appointed as their guardians Roundell Palmer, 3rd Earl of Selborne and Douglas Hogg, 1st Viscount Hailsham.

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