Guinness family
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The Guinness family is an extensive aristocratic 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.[1] The Guinness family descend from the wider Magennis, a native Gaelic Irish family, through their kinsmen McCartan.
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 Samuel (1727-95) who set up as a goldbeater in Dublin in 1750, and his son Richard (1755–1830), a Dublin barrister.[2]
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[edit] Prominent members
[edit] Brewing line
- Arthur Guinness (1725–1803), founder of the Guinness brewery in 1759
- Benjamin Guinness (1798–1868)
- Arthur Guinness, 1st Baron Ardilaun (1840–1915), created Baron Ardilaun in 1880
- Kenelm Lee Guinness (1887–1937), racing driver and spark plug manufacturer
[edit] Earls of Iveagh
- Edward Guinness, 1st Earl of Iveagh (1847–1927)
- Rupert Guinness, 2nd Earl of Iveagh (1874–1967)
- Benjamin Guinness, 3rd Earl of Iveagh (1937–1992)
- Arthur Guinness, 4th Earl of Iveagh (born 1969)
- Gwendolen Guinness, Countess of Iveagh
- Caroline Blackwood (1931–1996)
- Garech Browne (born 1939)
- Paul Channon (1935–2007)
- Sheridan Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 5th Marquess of Dufferin and Ava (1938–1988)
[edit] Lords Moyne
- Walter Edward Guinness, 1st Baron Moyne (1880–1944)
- Bryan Guinness, 2nd Baron Moyne (1905–1992)
- Jonathan Guinness, 3rd Baron Moyne (born 1930)
- Desmond Guinness (born 1931)
- Constantine Phipps, 5th Marquess of Normanby (born 1954)
- Daphne Guinness (born 1967)
- Jasmine Guinness (born 1976)
[edit] Banking line
- Thomas "Loel" Guinness (1906–1988)
- Gloria Guinness (1912–1980)
- Dolores Guinness (born 1936)
- Sabrina Guinness (born 1955)
- Loel Patrick Guinness (born 1957)
- Victoria Niarchos (born 1960)
[edit] Religious and Political Line
- Henry Grattan Guinness (1835–1910)
- Sir Arthur Guinness (1846–1913), Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives
- Henry Guinness (1858–1945), Irish Senator 1922–1934
- William Plunket, 5th Baron Plunket (1864–1920)
- Os Guinness (born 1941)
- Frank V. Guinness, NZ Politician
[edit] Notes
- ^ "Herald" article, 2009
- ^ Essay by 2nd Lord Moyne, The Times 20 November 1959; (Online text in Eugenics Review, April 1960)
[edit] 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
[edit] 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
