The Guinness family is an extensive Irish family known for its accomplishments in brewing, banking, politics, and religious ministry. The brewing branch is particularly well known among the general public for producing the dry stout

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. The founder of the dynasty,

Arthur Guinness Arthur Guinness ( 172523 January 1803) was an Irish brewer, entrepreneur, and philanthropist. The inventor of Guinness beer, he founded the Guinness Brewery at St. James's Gate in 1759. Born in Celbridge, County Kildare around 1725, Guinn ...

, is confirmed to have had McCartan origins. Beginning in the late 18th century, they became a prominent part of what is known in Ireland as '

the Ascendancy The ''Protestant Ascendancy'', known simply as the ''Ascendancy'', was the political, economic, and social domination of Ireland between the 17th century and the early 20th century by a minority of landowners, Protestant clergy, and members of th ...

'.Essay by 2nd Lord Moyne, ''The Times'' 20 November 1959
(Online text in ''Eugenics Review'', April 1960)
/ref> Four members of the family in succession held the

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constituency of

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, which became popularly known as "Guinness-on-Sea". The "banking line" Guinnesses all descend from Arthur's brother Samuel (1727–1795) who set up as a goldbeater in Dublin in 1750; his son Richard (1755–1830), a Dublin barrister; and Richard's son

Robert Rundell Guinness Robert Rundell Guinness (12 December 1789 -7 March 1857) was an Irish banker, most famous for co-founding the Guinness Mahon bank in 1836. The grandson of a Dublin goldbeater Samuel Guinness (1727-1795), he is the first of the "banking line" in ...

who founded

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in 1836.

Prominent members

*Richard Guinness **

(1725–1803), founder of the Guinness brewery in 1759, married Olivia Whitmore ***The Rev. Hosea Guinness (1765–1841) **** Francis Hart Vicesimus Guinness (1819–1891), New Zealand magistrate ***** Sir Arthur Guinness (1846–1913),

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*** The Second Arthur Guinness (1768–1855); married firstly Anne Lee, married secondly Maria Barker **** Benjamin Guinness (1798–1868), married *****

Arthur Guinness, 1st Baron Ardilaun Arthur Edward Guinness, 1st Baron Ardilaun, 2nd Baronet (1 November 1840 – 20 January 1915), known as Sir Arthur Guinness, Bt, between 1868 and 1880, was an Irish businessman, politician, and philanthropist, best known for giving St Stephen's G ...

(1840–1915), created Baron Ardilaun in 1880 *****Benjamin Lee Guinness (1842–1900) ****** Kenelm Lee Guinness (1887–1937), racing driver and spark plug manufacturer ***** Edward Guinness, 1st Earl of Iveagh (1847–1927) ******

Rupert Guinness, 2nd Earl of Iveagh Rupert Edward Cecil Lee Guinness, 2nd Earl of Iveagh, (29 March 1874 – 14 September 1967) was an Anglo-Irish businessman, politician, oarsman and philanthropist. Born in London, he was the eldest son of Edward Guinness, 1st Earl of Iveagh. ...

(1874–1967), married Lady Gwendolen Onslow (1881–1966) *******Arthur Guinness, Viscount Elveden (1912–1945) ******** Benjamin Guinness, 3rd Earl of Iveagh (1937–1992), married Miranda Smiley (1939–2010) ********* Arthur Edward Guinness, 4th Earl of Iveagh (Ned Iveagh; born 1969) *******Lady Honor Guinness (1909–1976), married Henry Channon ********

Paul Channon Henry Paul Guinness Channon, Baron Kelvedon, (9 October 1935 – 27 January 2007) was Conservative MP for Southend West for 38 years, from 1959 until 1997. He served in various ministerial offices, and was a Cabinet minister for 3½ years, as ...

(1935–2007) ******* Lady Brigid Guinness (1920–1995), married Prince Frederick of Prussia ********Prince Frederick Nicholas of Prussia (born 3 May 1946), married Hon. Victoria Lucinda Mancroft (1952-) ********Princess Antonia of Prussia (born 28 April 1955), married Charles Wellesley, 9th Duke of Wellington ********* Arthur Wellesley, Earl of Mornington (born 31 January 1978), married Jemma Kidd ****** The Hon. Arthur Ernest Guinness (1876–1949) ******* Aileen Guinness (1904–1999) *******Maureen Guinness (1907–1998), married Basil Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 4th Marquess of Dufferin and Ava (1909–1945) ******** Sheridan Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 5th Marquess of Dufferin and Ava (1938–1988); married his fourth cousin Serena Belinda (Lindy) Rosemary Guinness ********

Lady Caroline Blackwood Lady Caroline Blackwood (16 July 1931 – 14 February 1996) was an English writer, and the eldest child of the 4th Marquess of Dufferin and Ava and the brewery heiress Maureen Guinness. Active in the literary world through her journalism an ...

(1931–1996), married firstly Lucian Freud, second Israel Citkowitz, and thirdly

Robert Lowell Robert Traill Spence Lowell IV (; March 1, 1917 – September 12, 1977) was an American poet. He was born into a Boston Brahmin family that could trace its origins back to the '' Mayflower''. His family, past and present, were important subjects ...

******* Oonagh Guinness (1910–1995), married

Dominick Browne, 4th Baron Oranmore and Browne Dominick Geoffrey Edward Browne, 4th Baron Oranmore and Browne, 2nd Baron Mereworth (21 October 1901 – 7 August 2002), was a British peer and legislator. Biography He was born into an Anglo-Irish aristocratic family as The Hon. Dominick Geo ...

******** Garech Browne (1939–2018) ********

Tara Browne Tara Browne (4 March 1945 – 18 December 1966) was a London-based Irish socialite and heir to the Guinness fortune. His December 1966 death in a car crash was an inspiration for the Beatles' song " A Day in the Life". Early life Browne was ...

(1945–1966) ****** Walter Edward Guinness, 1st Baron Moyne (1880–1944) ******* Bryan Guinness, 2nd Baron Moyne (1905–1992) ********

Jonathan Guinness, 3rd Baron Moyne Jonathan Bryan Guinness, 3rd Baron Moyne (born 16 March 1930), is a British peer and businessman. A member of the Guinness family, he is the elder of the two sons of Bryan Guinness, 2nd Baron Moyne, and his first wife Diana Mitford (later Lady M ...

(born 1930) married (1st) Ingrid Olivia Georgia Wyndham in 1951 (div. 1963), (2nd) Suzanne Lisney in 1964 and had three further children with Susan Mary Taylor. *********(of 1st) The Hon. Catherine Ingrid Guinness (born 1952), married firstly in 1983 James Charteris - 13th Earl of Weymss, 13th Lord Elcho and Methil, 13th Lord Wemyss of Elcho, 9th Earl of March, 6th Baron Wemyss of Wemyss, co. Fife, 9th Lord Douglas of Neidpath, Lyne and Munard and 9th Viscount of Peebles and secondly to Robert Fleetwood Hesketh in 1990. *********(of 1st) The Hon. Jasper Jonathon Richard Guinness (born 1954, died 2011), married Camilla Alexandra Uniacke in 1985. *********(of 1st )The Hon. Valentine Guy Bryan Guinness (born 1959), married Lulu Guinness, Lucinda "Lulu" Rivett-Carnac *********(of 2nd) he Hon. Sebastian Walter Denis Guinness(born 1964) married firstly Silvie Dominique Fleury in 1987 and secondly, Peggy Stephaich in 1995. *********(of 2nd) The Hon. Daphne Suzannah Diana Guinness (born 1967) married Spyros Niarchos in 1987 (div. 1999) *********(of 3) iana Gloria Isolde Rose Dimilo Taylor(born 1981) *********(of 3) ster Sophia Mary Taylor(born 1984) *********(of 3) homas Julian William Jon Taylor(born 1986) ********Hon. Desmond Guinness (1931–2020) ********* Patrick Guinness (born 1958) ********** Jasmine Guinness (born 1976) *********Marina Guinness **********Patrick Guinness (born 1981) ********Hon. Rosaleen Elisabeth Guinness (born 1937) ********Hon. Diarmid Edward Guinness (born 1938) ********Hon. Fiona Evelyn Guinness (born 1940) ********Hon. Dr Finn Benjamin Guinness (born 1945) ********Hon. Thomasin Margaret Guinness (born 1947) ********Hon. Kieran Arthur Guinness (born 1949) *********Malachy Guinness (born 1986) ********Hon. Catriona Rose Guinness (born 1950) ********Hon. Erskine Stuart Richard Guinness (born 1953) ********Hon. Mirabel Jane Guinness (born 1956) *******Hon. Grania Guinness (1920–1994), married

Oswald Phipps, 4th Marquess of Normanby Oswald Constantine John Phipps, 4th Marquess of Normanby, (29 July 1912 – 30 January 1994), styled Earl of Mulgrave until 1932, was a British peer and philanthropist for blind people. Early life The eldest son of Constantine Phipps, 3rd Marq ...

******** Constantine Phipps, 5th Marquess of Normanby (born 1954) *****Anne Guinness (1839–1889), married William Plunket, 4th Baron Plunket ****** William Plunket, 5th Baron Plunket (1864–1920) ******

Benjamin Plunket Benjamin John Plunket was a 20th-century Anglican bishop in Ireland. Plunket was the son of William Plunket, 4th Baron Plunket, and Anne Lee Guinness (sister of the Lord Ardilaun). Born in Bray on 1 August 1870, he was educated at the Harrow Sc ...

(born 1870) ******Olive Plunket, married

Peter Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, 8th Earl Fitzwilliam William Henry Lawrence Peter Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, 8th Earl Fitzwilliam, DSO (31 December 1910 – 13 May 1948), styled Viscount Milton before 1943, was a British soldier, nobleman, and peer, with a seat in the House of Lords. Early life The ...

******* Lady Juliet Wentworth-Fitzwilliam (born 1935); married firstly

Victor Hervey, 6th Marquess of Bristol Victor Frederick Cochrane Hervey, 6th Marquess of Bristol (6 October 1915 – 10 March 1985), was a British aristocrat, hereditary peer and businessman. He was a member of the House of Lords, Chancellor of the International Monarchist League, a ...

, secondly

Somerset de Chair Somerset Struben de Chair (22 August 1911 – 5 January 1995) was an English author, politician, and poet. He edited several volumes of the memoirs of Napoleon. Early and personal life De Chair was the younger son of Admiral Sir Dudley Raws ...

, and thirdly Dr. Christopher Tadgell ******** Lord Nicholas Hervey (1961–1998) ***John Grattan Guinness (1783–1850) ****John Grattan Guinness (died 1871) *****Samuel Guinness (1851–1940) ******James Henry Guinness (1879–1952) *******Gerald Henry Grattan Guinness (1909–1985) ********

Ivor Grattan-Guinness Ivor Owen Grattan-Guinness (23 June 1941 – 12 December 2014) was a historian of mathematics and logic. Life Grattan-Guinness was born in Bakewell, England; his father was a mathematics teacher and educational administrator. He gained his b ...

(1941–2014) **** Henry Grattan Guinness (1835–1910), Protestant missionary *****Harry Grattan Guinness (1861–1915), Protestant missionary and first leader of

Regions Beyond Missionary Union The Regions Beyond Missionary Union was a Protestant Christian missionary society founded by Henry Grattan Guinness, D.D. and his wife Fanny in 1873. The name is a reference to the goal declared by Paul the Apostle in his Second Epistle to the Cor ...

******Annie Geraldine ("Gudruna") Guinness (1888-1981), eldest child of 9, "widely traveled, the author of a book on Peru, a freethinking Christian, the mother of two children." Gudruna was influential in the early life and relationship of

Sir Ronald Fisher Sir Ronald Aylmer Fisher (17 February 1890 – 29 July 1962) was a British polymath who was active as a mathematician, statistician, biologist, geneticist, and academic. For his work in statistics, he has been described as "a genius who a ...

and Ruth Eileen (Guinness) Fisher. ****** Ruth Eileen (Guinness) Fisher (1900-1982), youngest child of 9, wife of

, married April 26, 1917. *******George Fisher (1919-1943), R.A.F. pilot, killed in action in the Mediterranean theater in late 1943 at age 24 *******Katie Fisher (1921-1921), died in infancy after surgery to remove a pebble from her lung (she inhaled it after an accident in which her toddler brother George poured pebbles in her mouth at the beach) *******Harry Fisher (1924-2005) *******Margaret Fisher (1925-2010) ******* Joan Fisher Box (b. 1926), author of ''R. A. Fisher: The Life of a Scientist'' ******* Phyllis Fisher (b. 1929) *******Elizabeth Fisher (dates unknown) ******* Rose Fisher (dates unknown) ******* June Fisher (1929-1995), president of the National Union of Teachers ******Howard Wyndham Guinness (1903–1979) ***** Gershom Whitfield Guinness (1869–1927), missionary in China ******Henry Whitfield Guinness (1908–1996) *******

Os Guinness Ian Oswald Guinness (born September 30, 1941) is an English author and social critic now based in Fairfax County, Virginia; he has lived in the United States since 1984. Early life and education Born on 30 September 1941 in Hsiang Cheng, China, ...

(born 1941) *****

Mary Geraldine Guinness Mary Geraldine Guinness (; 25 December 1862 – 6 June 1949), often known as Mrs. Howard Taylor, was a British Protestant Christian missionary to China, and author of many missionary biographies on the history of the China Inland Miss ...

Taylor (1865–1949), missionary in China and a writer **Samuel Guinness (died 1795) ***Richard Guinness (1755–1829) ****

(1789–1857), founder of

*****Richard Seymour Guinness (1826–1915) ****** Benjamin Seymour Guinness (1868–1947) *******

Thomas "Loel" Guinness Group Captain Thomas Loel Evelyn Bulkeley Guinness, (9 June 1906 – 31 December 1988) was a British Conservative politician, Member of Parliament (MP) for Bath (1931–1945), business magnate and philanthropist. Guinness also financed the pur ...

(1906–1988), married Gloria Rubio y Alatorre (1913–1980) ******** Patrick Benjamin Guinness (1931–1965), married Dolores von Fürstenberg-Hedringen (1936–2012) ********* Maria Alexandra Guinness (born 1956), married Count de Quatrebarbes ********* Loel Patrick Guinness (born 1957) ********* Victoria Guinness (born 1960), now

Victoria Niarchos Victoria Christina Niarchos (; born 30 January 1960) is a member of the banking branch of the Guinness beer clan. She is a daughter of ''Patrick'' Benjamin Guinness (1931–1965) (himself half-brother of the Aga Khan IV) and his wife (and stepsist ...

by marrying

Philip Niarchos Philip Niarchos (alternately: Philippos or Philippe; el, Φίλιππος Νιάρχος) (born 1954) is a Greek billionaire, the eldest son of the Greek shipping magnate Stavros Niarchos and Eugenia Livanos, herself the elder ...

******** William Loel Seymour Guinness (born 1939), married Agnes Elizabeth Lynn Guinness (born 1942) ********* Sheridan William Guinness (born 1972) ********* Thomas Seymour Guinness (born 1973) ********* Chloë Belinda Guinness (born 1976) ******** Serena Belinda (Lindy) Rosemary Guinness (born 1941), married her fourth cousin Sheridan Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 5th Marquess of Dufferin and Ava *******

Meraud Guinness Meraud Michelle Wemyss Guinness also known as Meraud Guevara (24 June 1904 – 6 May 1993) was a British painter, writer and poet. She lived most of her life in France, having settled there with her husband, Álvaro Guevara, from whom she was ...

(1904–1993) ******* Tanis Guinness (1908–1993) *****Henry Guinness (1829–1893) ******

Henry Guinness Henry Seymour Guinness (24 November 1858 – 4 April 1945) was an Irish engineer, banker and politician. Early life Guinness was born at Burton Hall, Stillorgan, County Dublin, the family home, on 24 November 1858. He was a son of Emelina (née ...

(1858–1945) ******* Judy Guinness (1910–1952) ****** Lucy Guinness (1870-1950), married

Philip de László Philip Alexius László de Lombos (born Fülöp Laub; hu, Fülöp Elek László; 30 April 1869 – 22 November 1937), known professionally as Philip de László, was an Anglo-Hungarian painter known particularly for his portraits of royal an ...

(1869–1937) ******Eustace Guinness (1860–1901) ******* Humphrey Patrick Guinness (1902–1986) ******Howard Rundell Guinness (1863–1937) *******Edward Douglas Guinness (1893–1983) ********Sir Howard Christian Sheldon Guinness (1932–2019) ********Sir

John Guinness Sir John Ralph Sidney Guinness CB (23 December 1935 – 27 July 2020) was a British civil servant and businessman. Education and family Guinness was educated at Rugby School and Trinity Hall, Cambridge. In 1967 he married Valerie Susan No ...

(1935–2020) *******Sir Arthur Rundell Guinness (1895–1951) ********James Edward Alexander Rundell Guinness (1924–2006) *********

Hugo Guinness Hugo Arthur Rundell Guinness (born 12 September 1959) is a British artist, illustrator, and writer. He is known for his illustrations in ''The New York Times'' and his bold, graphic black-and-white block prints, many of which have appeared in fil ...

(born 1959) *********

Sabrina Guinness Sabrina Jane, Lady Stoppard (née Guinness; born 9 January 1955) is a British-Irish television producer. Background Sabrina Guinness is the eldest child (of four daughters and a son) of James Edward Alexander Rundell Guinness CBE (1924–2006), ...

(born 1955) *********Anita Patience Guinness (born 1957), married Amschel Rothschild *********

Julia Samuel Julia Aline Samuel (née Guinness; born 12 September 1959) is a British psychotherapist and paediatric counsellor. Early life Samuel is the daughter of James Edward Alexander Rundell Guinness (1924–2006), a banker, and his wife, the former Pa ...

(born 1959) ********Ivan Douglas Rundell Guinness (1927–1956) *********Kevin Michael Rundell Guinness (born 1953), married Peta "Bunny" Ellis (born 1955) ******Richard Noel Guinness (1870–1960) ******* Henry Eustace Guinness (1897–1972) ******** John Henry Guinness (1935–1988), married Jennifer Hollwey (1937–2016) *****

Mary Catherine Ferguson Mary Catherine Guinness Ferguson (1823–1905) was an author and biographer in Dublin, Ireland. Life She was born at Stillorgan, co. Dublin, on 13 September 1823, to Robert Rundell Guinness (1789-1857) and his first wife Mary Anne Seymour (died 1 ...

(1823–1905) **** Richard Samuel Guinness (1797–1857), MP

Notes

External links

www.guinnesspartnership.com/125

http://www.guinness.com/

https://web.archive.org/web/20080820023015/http://www.guinnesstrust.org.uk/
* Bicentennial essay by Bryan Guinness in ''The Times'' 20 November 1959
(reprinted in ''Eugenics Review'', April 1960)
Irish families Banking families

Prominent members

See also

Notes

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