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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 Stout is a dark, top-fermented beer with a number of variations, including dry stout, oatmeal stout, milk stout, and imperial stout. The first known use of the word ''stout'' for beer, in a document dated 1677 found in the Egerton Manuscr ...
Guinness Beer. The founder of the dynasty, Arthur Guinness, is confirmed to have had
McCartan McCartan is a surname of Irish origin. It is the anglicized form of ''Mac cArtáin'' of Irish origins. The surname denotes the son of Artán, diminutive of the personal name Art, an old Irish word for "bear". They are the Lords of Kinelarty, a ...
origins. Beginning in the late 18th century, they became a prominent part of what is known in Ireland as ' the Ascendancy'.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 Goldbeating is the process of hammering gold into an extremely thin unbroken sheet for use in gilding. History 5,000 years ago, Egyptian artisans recognized the extraordinary durability and malleability of gold and became the first goldbeat ...
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
Guinness Mahon Guinness Mahon was an Irish merchant bank originally based in Dublin but more recently with operations in London. History Formation The firm was founded as a land agency in Dublin in 1836 by barrister Robert Rundell Guinness, a great-nephew of ...
in 1836.


Prominent members

*Richard Guinness ** Arthur Guinness (1725–1803), founder of the
Guinness brewery St. James's Gate Brewery is a brewery founded in 1759 in Dublin, Ireland, by Arthur Guinness. The company is now a part of Diageo, a company formed from the merger of Guinness and Grand Metropolitan in 1997. The main product of the brewery is ...
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 Arthur Guinness (12 March 1768 – 9 June 1855) was an Irish brewer, banker, politician and flour miller active in Dublin, Ireland. To avoid confusion with his father, also Arthur Guinness (1725–1803), he is often known as "the second Arthur Gu ...
(1768–1855); married firstly Anne Lee, married secondly Maria Barker ****
Benjamin Guinness Sir Benjamin Lee Guinness, 1st Baronet (1 November 1798 – 19 May 1868) was an Irish brewer and philanthropist. Brewer Born in Dublin, he was the third son of the second Arthur Guinness (1768–1855), and his wife Anne Lee, and a grandson of ...
(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 Kenelm Edward Lee Guinness Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, MBE (14 August 1887 – 10 April 1937) was a London-born racing driver of the 1910s and 1920s mostly associated with Sunbeam Motor Car Company, Sunbeam racin ...
(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 Irish businessman and philanthropist. A member of the prominent Anglo-Irish Guinness family, he was the head of the family's eponymous brewing business, ...
(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 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 president ...
(1937–1992), married
Miranda Smiley Miranda Daphne Jane Guinness, Countess of Iveagh (''née'' Smiley; 19 August 1939 – 30 December 2010) was a Scottish aristocrat who married into the Guinness family. Life She was the daughter of Major Michael Smiley, of Castle Fraser, Kemnay ...
(1939–2010) ********* Arthur Edward Guinness, 4th Earl of Iveagh (Ned Iveagh; born 1969) *******Lady Honor Guinness (1909–1976), married
Henry Channon Sir Henry Channon (7 March 1897 – 7 October 1958), often 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 Amer ...
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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 (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, 9th Marquis of Torres Vedras GE, OBE, DL (born 19 August 1945), styled Earl of Mornington between 1945 and 1 ...
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Arthur Wellesley, Earl of Mornington Jemma Madeleine Wellesley, Countess of Mornington (née Kidd; born 20 September 1974), is a British make up artist, fashion model, and aristocrat. She currently resides on the Stratfield Saye estate, Hampshire. Biography Early life Lady ...
(born 31 January 1978), married
Jemma Kidd Jemma Madeleine Wellesley, Countess of Mornington (née Kidd; born 20 September 1974), is a British make up artist, fashion model, and aristocrat. She currently resides on the Stratfield Saye estate, Hampshire. Biography Early life Lady Mo ...
****** 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 Basil Sheridan Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 4th Marquess of Dufferin and Ava (6 April 1909 – 25 March 1945), styled Earl of Ava from 1918 until 1930, was a Conservative politician and soldier of the United Kingdom. Early life Dufferin was the ...
(1909–1945) ********
Sheridan Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 5th Marquess of Dufferin and Ava Sheridan Frederick Terence Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 5th Marquess of Dufferin and Ava (9 July 1938 – 29 May 1988) was a British patron of the arts. Less formally, he was usually called Sheridan Dufferin. Childhood and inheritance Born into ...
(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 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. He was born in Berlin, the son of Jewis ...
, 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 i ...
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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, the y ...
(1910–1995), married Dominick Browne, 4th Baron Oranmore and Browne ********
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 the Irish designation of his name, Garech de Brún, or alternative ...
(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 Walter Edward Guinness, 1st Baron Moyne, DSO & Bar, PC (29 March 1880 – 6 November 1944), was an Anglo-Irish politician and businessman. He served as the British minister of state in the Middle East until November 1944, when he was assass ...
(1880–1944) *******
Bryan Guinness, 2nd Baron Moyne Bryan Walter Guinness, 2nd Baron Moyne, (27 October 1905 – 6 July 1992) was an heir to part of the Guinness family brewing fortune, and a lawyer, poet and novelist. He was briefly married to Diana Mitford. Early life He was born to ...
(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 He or HE may refer to: Language * He (pronoun), an English pronoun * He (kana), the romanization of the Japanese kana へ * He (letter), the fifth letter of many Semitic alphabets * He (Cyrillic), a letter of the Cyrillic script called ''He'' ...
(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 The Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) is a standards organization that oversees global IP address allocation, autonomous system number allocation, root zone management in the Domain Name System (DNS), media types, and other Interne ...
(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 Patrick Desmond Carl Alexander Guinness, KCEG KLJ (born 1 August 1956 in Dublin) is an Irish historian and author and one of the heirs of the Guinness business dynasty. Son of Desmond and Mariga Guinness (born Hermione Maria-Gabrielle von U ...
(born 1958) **********
Jasmine Guinness Jasmine Leonora Guinness (born 28 September 1976) is an Irish designer and a fashion model active since 1994. She is also an Beneficiary, heiress to the Guinness family, Guinness brewing fortune. Personal life She is the daughter of Patrick Gui ...
(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 Ma ...
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Constantine Phipps, 5th Marquess of Normanby Constantine Edmund Walter Phipps, 5th Marquess of Normanby (born 24 February 1954), is a British peer, novelist, poet, and entrepreneur. Early life Lord Normanby is the son of the Oswald Phipps, 4th Marquess of Normanby and The Honourable Grania ...
(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 Coll ...
(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 S ...
(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, ...
, secondly Somerset de Chair, 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, but the only child by his secon ...
(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 (1941–2014) ****
Henry Grattan Guinness Henry Grattan Guinness (11 August 1835 – 21 June 1910) was an Irish Protestant Christian preacher, evangelist and author. He was the great evangelist of the Third Evangelical awakening and preached during the Ulster Revival of 1859 which dr ...
(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 Henry Grattan Guinness (11 August 1835 – 21 June 1910) was an Irish Protestant Christian preacher, evangelist and author. He ...
******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 (or its variants) may refer to: Places France * Château de Ruthie, castle in the commune of Aussurucq in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques département of France Switzerland * Ruth, a hamlet in Cologny United States * Ruth, Alabama * Ruth, Ar ...
. ******
Ruth Eileen (Guinness) Fisher Ruth (or its variants) may refer to: Places France * Château de Ruthie, castle in the commune of Aussurucq in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques département of France Switzerland * Ruth, a hamlet in Cologny United States * Ruth, Alabama * Ruth, Ar ...
(1900-1982), youngest child of 9, wife 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 ...
, 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 Phyllis is a feminine given name which may refer to: People * Phyllis Bartholomew (1914–2002), English long jumper * Phyllis Drummond Bethune (née Sharpe, 1899–1982), New Zealand artist * Phyllis Calvert (1915–2002), British actress * Ph ...
(b. 1929) *******Elizabeth Fisher (dates unknown) *******
Rose Fisher A rose is either a woody perennial flowering plant of the genus ''Rosa'' (), in the family Rosaceae (), or the flower it bears. There are over three hundred species and tens of thousands of cultivars. They form a group of plants that can be ...
(dates unknown) *******
June Fisher June Rosemary Fisher previously June Rosemary Thorndycraft born June Rosemary Lewis (18 September 1929 – 30 November 1995) was a British head teacher and trade unionist. Life Fisher was born in Chatham in Kent in 1929. Her father, Harry Llewe ...
(1929-1995), president of the
National Union of Teachers The National Union of Teachers (NUT; ) was a trade union for school teachers in Education in England, England, Education in Wales, Wales, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man. It was a member of the Trades Union Congress. In March 2017, NU ...
******Howard Wyndham Guinness (1903–1979) *****
Gershom Whitfield Guinness Gershom Whitfield Guinness (April 25, 1869 in Paris, France – April 12, 1927 in Peking) was a Protestant missionary in China, where he also was a practising medical doctor and a writer. Biography A descendant of Guinness brewing family, h ...
(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 Mission ...
Taylor (1865–1949), missionary in China and a writer **Samuel Guinness (died 1795) ***Richard Guinness (1755–1829) ****
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 ...
(1789–1857), founder of
Guinness Mahon Guinness Mahon was an Irish merchant bank originally based in Dublin but more recently with operations in London. History Formation The firm was founded as a land agency in Dublin in 1836 by barrister Robert Rundell Guinness, a great-nephew 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 ...
(1906–1988), married
Gloria Rubio y Alatorre Gloria Guinness previously Gloria von Fürstenberg, née Rubio y Alatorre (27 August 1912 – 9 November 1980) was a Mexican socialite and fashion and cultural icon, as well as a contributing editor to ''Harper's Bazaar'' from 1963 to 1971, con ...
(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 Maria may refer to: People * Mary, mother of Jesus * Maria (given name), a popular given name in many languages Place names Extraterrestrial *170 Maria, a Main belt S-type asteroid discovered in 1877 *Lunar maria (plural of ''mare''), large, da ...
(born 1956), married Count de Quatrebarbes ********* Loel Patrick Guinness (born 1957) *********
Victoria Guinness 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 ...
(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 stepsis ...
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 Sheridan may refer to: People Surname *Sheridan (surname) *Philip Sheridan (1831–1888), U.S. Army general after whom the Sheridan tank is named *Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751–1816), Irish playwright (''The Rivals''), poet and politician ...
(born 1972) *********
Thomas Seymour Guinness Thomas may refer to: People * List of people with given name Thomas * Thomas (name) * Thomas (surname) * Saint Thomas (disambiguation) * Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274) Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, and Doctor of the Church * Thomas the A ...
(born 1973) *********
Chloë Belinda Guinness Chloe (; ), also spelled Chloë, Chlöe, or Chloé, is a feminine name meaning "blooming" or "fertility" in Greek. The name ultimately derives, through Greek, from the Proto-Indo-European root ', which relates to the colors yellow and green. T ...
(born 1976) ******** Serena Belinda (Lindy) Rosemary Guinness (born 1941), married her fourth cousin
Sheridan Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 5th Marquess of Dufferin and Ava Sheridan Frederick Terence Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 5th Marquess of Dufferin and Ava (9 July 1938 – 29 May 1988) was a British patron of the arts. Less formally, he was usually called Sheridan Dufferin. Childhood and inheritance Born into ...
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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 wa ...
(1904–1993) *******
Tanis Guinness Tanis ( grc, Τάνις or Τανέως ) or San al-Hagar ( ar, صان الحجر, Ṣān al-Ḥaǧar; egy, ḏꜥn.t ; ; cop, ϫⲁⲛⲓ or or ) is the Greek name for ancient Egyptian ''ḏꜥn.t'', an important archaeological site in the ...
(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 ( n ...
(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 Humphrey Patrick Guinness (March 24, 1902 – February 10, 1986) was a British polo player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. Biography He was born on 24 March 1902, and was educated at Eton College and the Royal Military College, S ...
(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 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 ...
********* Julia Samuel (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 Henry Eustace Guinness (22 September 1897 – 19 February 1972) was an Irish banker and politician. His place of education was at Winchester College, in Hampshire, England. He fought in World War I and gained the rank of Lieutenant in the service o ...
(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 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 from ...
(1797–1857), MP


See also

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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 ...
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Baron Moyne Baron Moyne, of Bury St Edmunds in the County of Suffolk, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1932 for the Hon. Walter Guinness, a Conservative politician. A member of the prominent Guinness brewing family, he ...
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Guinness Baronets There have been two baronetcies created for members of the Guinness family, Guinness brewing family, both in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. As of 2014 both titles are extant. The Guinness Baronetcy, of Ashford Castle, Ashford in the Co ...
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Kenwood House Kenwood House (also known as the Iveagh Bequest) is a former stately home in Hampstead, London, on the northern boundary of Hampstead Heath. The house was originally constructed in the 17th century and served as a residence for the Earls of Mans ...
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Guinness Trust The Guinness Partnership is one of the largest providers of affordable housing and care in England. Founded as a charitable trust in 1890, it is now a Community Benefit Society with eight members. Bloomberg classify it as a real estate owner a ...
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Lion's Gate Bridge The Lions Gate Bridge, opened in 1938 and officially known as the First Narrows Bridge, is a suspension bridge that crosses the first narrows of Burrard Inlet and connects the City of Vancouver, British Columbia, to the North Shore municipal ...
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St. James's Gate Brewery St. James's Gate Brewery is a brewery founded in 1759 in Dublin, Ireland, by Arthur Guinness. The company is now a part of Diageo, a company formed from the merger of Guinness and Grand Metropolitan in 1997. The main product of the brewery is ...
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Guinness share-trading fraud The Guinness share-trading fraud was a major business scandal of the 1980s. It involved the manipulation of the London stock market to inflate the price of Guinness shares to thereby assist Guinness's £4 billion takeover bid for the Scottish dr ...
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Families in the Oireachtas There is a tradition in Irish politics of having family members succeed each other, frequently in the same parliamentary seat. This article lists families where two or more members of that family have been members ( TD or Senator) of either of th ...
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Iveagh Trust The Iveagh Trust is a provider of affordable housing in and around Dublin, Ireland. It was initially a component of the Guinness Trust, founded in 1890 by Edward Cecil Guinness, 1st Earl of Iveagh, great-grandson of the founder of the Guinness Bre ...
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Iveagh Gardens The Iveagh Gardens (; ga, Gairdíní Uí Eachach) is a public park located between Clonmel Street and Upper Hatch Street, near the National Concert Hall in Dublin, Ireland. It is a national, as opposed to a municipal park, and designated as a ...
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Iveagh House Iveagh House is a Georgian house which now contains the headquarters of the Department of Foreign Affairs in Dublin, Ireland. It is also sometimes used colloquially as a metonym referring to the department itself. Iveagh House was originally ...
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Farmleigh Farmleigh is the official Irish state guest house. It was formerly one of the Dublin residences of the Guinness family. It is situated on an elevated position above the River Liffey to the north-west of the Phoenix Park, in Castleknock. The ...


Notes


Further reading

* Martelli, G. ''Man of his Time'' (London 1957) * Lynch P. & Vaizey J. ''Guinness's Brewery in the Irish Economy, 1759–1876'' (Cambridge 1960) * Mullally, Frederic. ''The Silver Salver: The Story of the Guinness Family'' (Granada, 1981) * Aalen, F. H. A. ''The Iveagh Trust The first hundred years 1890–1990'' (Dublin 1990) * Guinness, J. ''Requiem for a Family Business'' (Macmillan 1997) * S. Dennison and O.MacDonagh, ''Guinness 1886–1939 From incorporation to the Second World War'' (Cork University Press 1998) * Wilson, D. ''Dark and Light'' (Weidenfeld, London 1998) * Bryant, J. ''Kenwood: The Iveagh Bequest'' (English Heritage publication 2004) * Guinness, P. ''Arthur's Round'' (Peter Owen, London 2008) * Joyce, J. ''The Guinnesses'' (Poolbeg Press, Dublin 2009) * Bourke, Edward J. ''The Guinness Story: The Family, the Business and the Black Stuff'' (O'Brien Press, 2009). * Smith, R. ''Guinness Down Under; the famous brew and the family come to Australia and New Zealand'' (Eyeglass Press, Tauranga 2018). {{ISBN, 978-0-473-40842-8


External links


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* Bicentennial essay by
Bryan Guinness Bryan Walter Guinness, 2nd Baron Moyne, (27 October 1905 – 6 July 1992) was an heir to part of the Guinness family brewing fortune, and a lawyer, poet and novelist. He was briefly married to Diana Mitford. Early life He was born to Wa ...
in ''The Times'' 20 November 1959
(reprinted in ''Eugenics Review'', April 1960)
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