Hugh Beaver

Hugh Beaver
Born
Hugh Eyre Campbell Beaver

4 May 1890
Died16 January 1967 (aged 76)
London, England
Resting placeHoly Trinity Church, Penn Street
NationalityEnglish, South African
Alma materWellington College, Berkshire
Occupation(s)Engineer, industrialist
Years active1931–1960
Board member ofThe Guinness Book of World Records,
Guinness Brewery

Sir Hugh Eyre Campbell Beaver, KBE (4 May 1890 – 16 January 1967) was an English-South African civil engineer, industrialist and bureaucrat, who founded the Guinness World Records (then known as Guinness Book of Records). He was Director-General of the Ministry of Works and managing director at Guinness Brewery.