Guinness family

The Guinness family is an extensive aristocratic Anglo-Irish Protestant family noted for their accomplishments in brewing, banking, politics, and religious ministry. They are particularly known among the general public for producing the dry stout, Guinness Beer, which they still own to this day.^[1] The founder of the dynasty, Arthur Guinness, is believed to have had partly McCartan origins.^[2] Beginning in the late 18th century, they became a prominent part of what is known in Ireland as 'the Ascendancy'.^[3]

Four members of the family in succession held the UK Parliament constituency of Southend, 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 who founded Guinness Mahon in 1836.^[4]

Prominent members

• Richard Guinness
  • Arthur Guinness (1725–1803), founder of the Guinness brewery in 1759
    • The Rev. Hosea Guinness (1765–1803)
      • Francis Hart Vicesimus Guinness (1819–1891), New Zealand politician
        • Sir Arthur Guinness (1846–1913), Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives
    • The Second Arthur Guinness (1768–1855)
      • Benjamin Guinness (1798–1868)
        • Arthur Guinness, 1st Baron Ardilaun (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 (1874–1967), married Gwendolen, Countess of Iveagh (1881–1966)
            • Arthur Guinness, Viscount Elveden (1912–1945)
              • Benjamin Guinness, 3rd Earl of Iveagh (1937–1992), married Miranda Guinness, Countess of Iveagh (1939–2010)
                • Arthur Edward Guinness, 4th Earl of Iveagh (Ned Iveagh; born 1969)
            • Lady Honor Guinness (1909–1976), married Henry Channon
              • Paul Channon (1935–2007)
            • Lady Brigid Guinness (1920–1995)
          • The Hon. Arthur Ernest Guinness (1876–1949)
            • Maureen Guinness (1907–1998), married Basil Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 4th Marquess of Dufferin and Ava (1909–1945)
              • The 5th Marquess of Dufferin and Ava (Sheridan Dufferin; 1938–1988)
              • Lady Caroline Blackwood (1931–1996)
            • Oonagh Guinness (1910–1995), married Dominick Browne, 4th Baron Oranmore and Browne
              • Garech Browne (born 1939)
              • Tara Browne (1945–1966)
          • Walter Edward Guinness, 1st Baron Moyne (1880–1944)
            • Bryan Guinness, 2nd Baron Moyne (1905–1992)
              • Jonathan Guinness, 3rd Baron Moyne (born 1930)
                • Valentine Guinness (born 1959), married Lulu Guinness
                • Daphne Guinness (born 1967)
              • Desmond Guinness (born 1931)
                • Patrick Guinness (born 1958)
                  • Jasmine Guinness (born 1976)
              • Kieran Arthur Guinness (born 1949)
                • Malachy Guinness (born 1986)
              • Erskine Guinness (born 1953)
            • The Hon. Grania Guinness (1920–1994), married Oswald Phipps, 4th Marquess of Normanby
              • The 5th Marquess of Normanby (born 1954)
        • Anne Guinness (1839–1889), married William Plunket, 4th Baron Plunket
          • The 5th Baron Plunket (1864–1920)
    • 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 (1835–1910), Protestant missionary
        • Harry Grattan Guinness (1861–1915), Protestant missionary and first leader of Regions Beyond Missionary Union
          • Howard Wyndham Guinness (1903–1979)
        • Gershom Whitfield Guinness (1869–1927), missionary in China
          • Henry Whitfield Guinness (1908–1996)
            • Os Guinness (born 1941)
        • Mary Geraldine Guinness Taylor (1865–1949), missionary in China and a writer
  • Samuel Guinness (died 1795)
    • Richard Guinness (1755–1829)
      • Robert Rundell Guinness (1789–1857), founder of Guinness Mahon
        • Richard Seymour Guinness (1826–1915)
          • Benjamin Solomon Guinness (1868–1947)
            • Thomas "Loel" Guinness (1906–1988), married Gloria Guinness (1912–1980)
              • Patrick Benjamin Guinness (1931–1965), married Dolores Guinness (1936–2012)
                • Loel Patrick Guinness (born 1957)
                • Victoria Niarchos (born 1960)
              • 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)
            • Meraud Guinness (1904–1993)
            • Tanis Guinness (1908–1993)
        • Henry Guinness (1829–1893)
          • Henry Guinness (1858–1945)
            • Judy Guinness (1910–1952)
          • Eustace Guinness (1860–1901)
            • Humphrey Patrick Guinness (1902–1986)
          • Howard Rundell Guinness (1863–1937)
            • Edward Douglas Guinness (1893–1983)
              • Sir Howard Christian Sheldon Guinness (born 1932)
              • Sir John Guinness (born 1935)
            • Sir Arthur Rundell Guinness (1895–1951)
              • James Edward Alexander Rundell Guinness (1924–2006)
                • Hugo Guinness (born 1959)
                • Sabrina Guinness (born 1955)
                • Anita Patience Guinness (born 1957), married Amschel Rothschild
                • Julia Samuel (born 1959)
              • Ivan Douglas Rundell Guinness (1927–1956)
                • Kevin Michael Rundell Guinness (born 1953), married Bunny Guinness (born 1955)
          • Richard Noel Guinness (1870–1960)
            • Henry Eustace Guinness (1897–1972)
              • John Henry Guinness (1935–1988), married Jennifer Guinness (1937–2016)
        • Mary Catherine Ferguson (1823–1905)
      • Richard Samuel Guinness (1797-1857), MP

See also

• Earl of Iveagh (created 1919)
• Baron Moyne (created 1932)
• Guinness Baronets
• Kenwood House
• Guinness Trust
• Lion's Gate Bridge
• St. James's Gate Brewery
• Guinness share-trading fraud
• Families in the Oireachtas
• Iveagh Trust
• Iveagh Gardens
• Iveagh House
• Farmleigh

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)
• 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). ISBN 978-1-84717-145-0

External links

• www.guinnesspartnership.com/125
• http://www.guinness.com/
• http://www.guinnesstrust.org.uk/
• Bicentennial essay by Bryan Guinness in The Times 20 November 1959; (reprinted in Eugenics Review, April 1960)