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

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, as founded by

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. Guinness was born in Ardclogh, near Celbridge, County Ki ...

in 1759. An

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family, beginning in the late 18th century, they became a part of what is known in Ireland as the

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. The "banking line" Guinnesses all descend from Arthur's brother Samuel (1727–1795) who set up as a

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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 Anglo-Irish banker, most noted for co-founding the Guinness Mahon bank in 1836. The grandson of Dublin goldbeater Samuel Guinness (1727–1795), he is the first of the "banking ...

who founded

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in 1836. The current head of the family is the

Earl of Iveagh Earl of Iveagh (pronounced —especially in Dublin—or ) is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, created in 1919 for the businessman and philanthropist Edward Guinness, 1st Viscount Iveagh. He was the third son of Sir Benjamin Guin ...

. Another prominent branch, descended from the 1st Earl of Iveagh, is headed by

Lord Moyne 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 19 ...

Origins

The Guinness family refers to the descendants of Richard Guinness (born ) of

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, who married Elizabeth Read (1698–1742), the daughter of a farmer from

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. Details of Richard's life and family background are scarce, with many legends and rumours, and as a result tracing ancestry beyond him has proven difficult. On the subject

, writing in ''The Times'' in 1959, wrote: McGuinness Coat of arms

The traditional view is that the Guinnesses were descended from the Clan Magennis of Iveagh, prominent Irish-Gaelic nobility from

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. The Magennis family were Catholic Jacobites who, led by Bryan Magennis, 5th Viscount Iveagh, fought at the

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in 1690. Members of the ''arriviste'' Guinness family, wishing for more impressive origins, have long claimed Magennis ancestry. Sir Bernard Burke corroborated this descent in his various genealogical works.Burke's Peeraege
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; and

Edward Cecil Guinness Edward Cecil Guinness, 1st Earl of Iveagh, (10 November 1847 – 7 October 1927) was an Anglo-Irish businessman and philanthropist. A member of the prominent Guinness family, he was the head of the family's eponymous brewing business, making h ...

, head of the brewing line, chose for his title "

" (alluding to descent from the Viscounts Iveagh of the 1623 creation). A romantic and fanciful rumour existed that Richard Guinness was the illegitimate son of Viscount Magennis before he fled to the Continent. However, in 2007 Patrick Guinness authored ''Arthur's Round: The Life and Times of Brewing Legend Arthur Guinness'' in which he largely disproves the apparent pretence of descent from Magennis of Iveagh. Instead, based on

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conducted by

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, Patrick Guinness asserts descent from the Macartans, a lesser County Down clan under the Magennises. He further demonstrates that the ancestors of the Guinness family were not descended from the Macartan chiefs but in fact mere followers and tenants. According to him, the name derives from the townland of Guiness ( Irish: ''Gion Ais'') which in 1640 is recorded as property of Phelim Macartan. There exists also a lesser-known, but equally fanciful view that the Guinnesses were a branch of the family of Gennys (also spelled Ginnis/Guinnis) of

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. The family were minor landed gentry of Cornish extraction, who came to Ireland from

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during the Cromwellian conquest of the 1650s. The origin of the name in this case would be from

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, near

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, with Guinness representing a corruption of the original surname and family branch in Kildare/Dublin. Parallel and contrasting the Magennis theory, one rumour was that Richard Guinness was the illegitimate son of an English (i.e.

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) soldier stranded in Ireland after the Boyne, and an Irish girl. According to the same sort of rumours, Richard was a groom who eloped with Elizabeth Read. Henry Seymour Guinness, of the banking line, who was also the first to suggest "Owen Guinnis" as the father of Richard, was the main proponent of Cornish origins. Patrick Guinness dismisses the Cornwall origin on the basis that Henry Guinness's great-uncle was an MP for

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and bankrupted, and therefore biased and unreliable. He does however concur with the theory that Owen Guinnis was the father of Richard.

Prominent members

*Richard Guinness (c.1690–c.1766) **

(1725–1803); founder of the

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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, and secondly Maria Barker ****

Benjamin Guinness Sir Benjamin Lee Guinness, 1st Baronet, JP, DL (1 November 1798 – 19 May 1868) was an Anglo-Irish brewer and philanthropist. Brewer Born in Dublin, he was the third son of the second Arthur Guinness, and his wife Anne Lee, and a grandson ...

(1798–1868) *****

Arthur Guinness, 1st Baron Ardilaun Arthur Edward Guinness, 1st Baron Ardilaun, (1 November 1840 – 20 January 1915), styled Sir Arthur Guinness, Bt between 1868 and 1880, was an Anglo-Irish businessman, politician and philanthropist. He is perhaps best known for giving St Stephe ...

(1840–1915); created Baron Ardilaun in 1880 *****Benjamin Lee Guinness (1842–1900) ******Sir Algernon Arthur St Lawrence Lee Guinness (1883–1954); racing driver ******

Kenelm Lee Guinness Kenelm Edward Lee Guinness MBE (14 August 1887 – 10 April 1937) was a British racing driver of the 1910s and 1920s mostly associated with Sunbeam racing cars. He set a new Land Speed Record in 1922. Also an automotive engineer, he invented ...

(1887–1937); racing driver and spark plug manufacturer *****

Edward Guinness, 1st Earl of Iveagh Edward Cecil Guinness, 1st Earl of Iveagh, (10 November 1847 – 7 October 1927) was an Anglo-Irish people, Anglo-Irish businessman and philanthropist. A member of the prominent Guinness family, he was the head of the family's eponymous Guinnes ...

(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. He ...

(1874–1967); married Lady Gwendolen Onslow (1881–1966) *******Arthur Guinness, Viscount Elveden (1912–1945) ********

Benjamin Guinness, 3rd Earl of Iveagh Arthur Francis Benjamin Guinness, 3rd Earl of Iveagh (20 May 1937 – 18 June 1992), styled Viscount Elveden between 1945 and 1967, was an Irish businessman and politician. He was chairman of Guinness plc from 1962 to 1986, and then its preside ...

(1937–1992); married Miranda Smiley (1939–2010) ********* Arthur Edward Guinness, 4th Earl of Iveagh (born 1969) *******Lady Honor Guinness (1909–1976); married

Henry Channon Sir Henry Channon (7 March 1897 – 7 October 1958), known as Chips Channon, was an American-born British Conservative politician, author and diarist. Channon moved to England in 1920 and became strongly anti-American, feeling that American ...

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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 Lady Brigid Katharine Rachel Guinness (30 July 19208 March 1995) was the youngest daughter of Rupert Guinness, 2nd Earl of Iveagh, and wife of Prince Frederick of Prussia (1911–1966), Prince Frederick of Prussia, grandson of Wilhelm II, German ...

(1920–1995); married Prince Frederick of Prussia ********Prince Frederick Nicholas of Prussia (born 3 May 1946); married Hon. Victoria Lucinda Mancroft (born 1952) ******** Princess Antonia of Prussia (born 28 April 1955); married

Charles Wellesley, 9th Duke of Wellington Arthur Charles Valerian Wellesley, 9th Duke of Wellington, 9th Prince of Waterloo, 10th Duke of Ciudad Rodrigo, 9th Duke of Victoria, GE, OBE, DL (born 19 August 1945), styled Earl of Mornington between 1945 and 1972 and Marquess of Douro be ...

*********Arthur Wellesley, Earl of Mornington (born 31 January 1978); married

Jemma Kidd Jemma Madeleine Wellesley, Marchioness of Douro (née Kidd; born 20 September 1974), is a British make up artist, fashion model, and aristocrat. Career Lady Douro was a fashion model before becoming a make-up artist. In 2002, she attended the g ...

******Hon. Arthur Ernest Guinness (1876–1949) ******* Aileen Guinness (1904–1999) *******Maureen Guinness (1907–1998); married

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(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 (born Caroline Maureen Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood; 16 July 1931 – 14 February 1996) was an English writer, socialite, and muse. Her novels have been praised for their wit and intelligence. One of her works is an autobi ...

(1931–1996); married firstly

Lucian Freud Lucian Michael Freud (; 8 December 1922 – 20 July 2011) was a British painter and draughtsman, specialising in figurative art, and is known as one of the foremost 20th-century English portraitists. His early career as a painter was inf ...

, secondly

Israel Citkowitz Israel Citkowitz (6 February 1909 – 4 May 1974) was a Polish-born American pianist, composer, teacher, and critic. Early life Israel Citkowitz was born on 6 February 1909 into a Jewish family in Skierniewice, Poland, the first of two children ...

, 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 Oonagh Guinness (22 February 1910 – 2 August 1995) was an Anglo-Irish socialite, society hostess and art collector, and the second wife of Dominick Browne, 4th Baron Oranmore and Browne. Early life She was born on 22 February 1910 in Ha ...

(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 Geof ...

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Garech Browne Garech Domnagh Browne (25 June 1939 – 10 March 2018) was an Irish art collector and a notable patron of Irish arts, traditional Irish music in particular. He was often known by a Gaelic translation of his English name, Garech de Brún, or al ...

(1939–2018) ********

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

(1945–1966) ****** Walter Edward Guinness, 1st Baron Moyne (1880–1944) *******

Bryan Guinness, 2nd Baron Moyne Bryan Walter Guinness, 2nd Baron Moyne (27 October 1905 – 6 July 1992) was a British aristocrat, writer, poet and heir to part of the Guinness family brewing fortune. He was vice-chairman of Guinness plc and authored several works of poetry a ...

(1905–1992) ********

Jonathan Guinness, 3rd Baron Moyne Jonathan Bryan Guinness, 3rd Baron Moyne (born 16 March 1930), is a British peer, businessman and writer. 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 (la ...

(born 1930); married firstly Ingrid Olivia Georgia Wyndham in 1951, secondly Suzanne Lisney in 1964, and had three children with Susan Mary Taylor *********(of 1st) Hon. Catherine Ingrid Guinness (born 1952); married firstly James Charteris, 13th Earl of Wemyss in 1983, and secondly Robert Fleetwood Hesketh in 1990 *********(of 1st) Hon. Jasper Jonathon Richard Guinness (1954–2011); married Camilla Alexandra Uniacke in 1985 *********(of 1st ) Hon. Valentine Guy Bryan Guinness (born 1959); married Lucinda "Lulu" Rivett-Carnac *********(of 2nd) Hon. Sebastian Walter Denis Guinness (born 1964); married firstly Silvie Dominique Fleury in 1987, and secondly Peggy Stephaich in 1995 *********(of 2nd) Hon. Daphne Suzannah Diana Guinness (born 1967); married Spyros Niarchos in 1987 *********(of 3) Diana Gloria Isolde Rose Dimilo Taylor (born 1981) *********(of 3) Aster Sophia Mary Taylor (born 1984) *********(of 3) Thomas Julian William Jon Taylor (born 1986) ********Hon. Desmond Guinness (1931–2020) ********* Patrick Guinness (born 1958) **********

Jasmine Guinness Jasmine Leonora Guinness (born 28 September 1976) is an Irish designer and a fashion model active since 1994. She is a member of Anglo-Irish brewing Guinness family. Personal life She is the daughter of Patrick Guinness and Liz Casey. She was ...

(born 1976) *********Marina Guinness ********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 and education The only son of Constantine Phip ...

******** Constantine Phipps, 5th Marquess of Normanby (born 1954) *****Anne Guinness (1839–1889); married

William Plunket, 4th Baron Plunket William Conyngham Plunket, 4th Baron Plunket (26 August 1828 – 1 April 1897) was Dean of Christ Church Cathedral and Archbishop of Dublin in the Church of Ireland. Life Born in Dublin, he was the eldest son of John Plunket, 3rd Baron Plun ...

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William Plunket, 5th Baron Plunket William Lee Plunket, 5th Baron Plunket (19 December 1864 – 24 January 1920) was a British diplomat and administrator. He was Governor of New Zealand from 1904 to 1910. Early life Born in Dublin, he was educated at Harrow and Trinity Col ...

(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 Scho ...

(born 1870) ******Olive Plunket; married Peter Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, 8th Earl Fitzwilliam ******* Lady Juliet Wentworth-Fitzwilliam (born 1935); married firstly

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, and thirdly Dr. Christopher Tadgell ********

Lord Nicholas Hervey Lord Frederick William Charles Nicholas Wentworth Hervey () (26 November 1961 – 26 January 1998) was a British aristocrat and political activist. He was the second son of Victor Hervey, 6th Marquess of Bristol, the 6th Marquess of Bristol, but ...

(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 ...

(1941–2014) ****

Henry Grattan Guinness Henry Grattan Guinness (11 August 1835 – 21 June 1910) was an Irish Nonconformist Protestant preacher, evangelist and author. He was the great evangelist of the Third Evangelical awakening and preached during the Ulster Revival of 1859 wh ...

(1835–1910); Protestant missionary *****Harry Grattan Guinness (1861–1915); Protestant missionary and first leader of Regions Beyond Missionary Union ******Annie Geraldine "Gudruna" Guinness (1888–1981) ****** Ruth Eileen (Guinness) Fisher (1900–1982), youngest child of 9, wife of Sir Ronald Fisher, married 26 April 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) *******

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(dates unknown) ******* June Fisher (1929–1995), president of the

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******Howard Wyndham Guinness (1903–1979) *****

Gershom Whitfield Guinness Gershom Whitfield Guinness (April 25, 1869 – April 12, 1927) was a Protestant missionary in China, where he also was a practising medical doctor and a writer. Biography Guiness was born in Paris to Henry Grattan Guinness, an Irish Protest ...

(1869–1927), missionary in China ******Henry Whitfield Guinness (1908–1996) *******

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

(born 1941) ***** Mary Geraldine Guinness 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) ******Robert Darley Guinness (1858–1938) ******* Elizabeth Muriel Smythe Guinness (1890–1974) ******

Benjamin Seymour Guinness Benjamin Seymour Guinness (18 November 1868 – 15 December 1947), ''Principe di Mignano'', was an Anglo-American businessman, banker and lawyer. Born in Dublin, Ireland in 1868, into the "banking line" of the prominent Anglo-Irish Guinness famil ...

(1868–1947), Prince (life title created by the King of Italy as husband of an Italian Duchess) *******

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

(1906–1988), m1. Hon.

Joan Yarde-Buller Joan Barbara Berry, Viscountess Camrose (née Yarde-Buller, later Guinness and Princess Taj-ud-dawlah Aga Khan; 22 April 1908 – 25 April 1997), was an English socialite, one of the Bright Young Things.{{cite journal, title=Showing Aside the Jazz ...

(1908–1997), m2. Lady Isabel Manners (1918–2008), m3. Gloria Rubio y Alatorre (1913–1980) ********

Patrick Benjamin Guinness Patrick may refer to: *Patrick (given name), list of people and fictional characters with this name * Patrick (surname), list of people with this name People *Saint Patrick (c. 385–c. 461), Christian saint * Gilla Pátraic (died 1084), Patrick ...

(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), later Victoria Niarchos following her marriage to

Philip Niarchos Philip Niarchos (alternately: Phílippos or Philippe; ) (born 1952) is a Greek billionaire, the eldest son of the Greek shipping magnate Stavros Niarchos and Eugenia Livanos, herself the elder daughter of Stavros Niarchos' bus ...

******** 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 (1904–1993) *******

Tanis Guinness Tanis ( ; ; ) or San al-Hagar (; ; ; or or ; ) is the Greek name for ancient Egyptian ''ḏꜥn.t'', an important archaeological site in the northeastern Nile Delta of Egypt, and the location of a city of the same name. Tanis was the capita ...

(1908–1993) *****Henry Guinness (1829–1893) ****** Henry Guinness (1858–1945) *******

Judy Guinness Heather Seymour "Judy" Guinness (14 August 1910 – 24 October 1952) was a British fencer. She won a silver medal in the women's individual foil event at the 1932 Summer Olympics. The judges had awarded her the gold medal but, in a noted gesture ...

(1910–1952) ****** Lucy Guinness (1870–1950), married

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

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

Sabrina Guinness Sabrina Jane Guinness, Lady Stoppard (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), of Co ...

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

Amschel Rothschild Amschel Mayor James Rothschild (18 April 1955 – 8 July 1996) was a British businessman who was the executive chairman of Rothschild Asset Management of the Rothschild banking family of England. Early years and kinships Rothschild was born in ...

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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 P ...

(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 ...

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Richard Samuel Guinness Richard Samuel Guinness (7 June 1797 – 27 August 1857) was an Irish lawyer and a Member of Parliament. Parents Guinness was one of the sons of Richard Guinness (1755-1829), a Dublin barrister and judge, and his wife Mary Darley, descended fro ...

(1797–1857), MP

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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)
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