John Henry Guinness (10 April 1935 – 29 February 1988) was a son of

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 ...

and was chairman of

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. Educated at Eton College, he attained the rank of officer in the

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. Later, he was named a director of Guinness Peat Group and served as chairman of Guinness and Mahon merchant bank. He married

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-born Mary Jennifer Hollwey. They had three children: Ian Richard Guinness (b. 15 March 1961), Gillian Sarah Guinness (b. 8 July 1962) and Tania Caroline Guinness (b. 10 February 1966).

Guinness Kidnapping

In 1986, he was pistol-whipped during his wife's kidnapping. She was rescued by

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later that month. John Henry Guinness died of undisclosed causes on 29 February 1988, aged 52.

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