For other uses, see Guinness (disambiguation).
The Guinness family is an extensive aristocratic Irish Protestant family noted for their accomplishments in brewing, banking, politics and diplomacy. They are particularly known for their eponymous family firm, Guinness.
Four members of the family in succession held the UK Parliament constituency of Southend, which became popularly known as "Guinness-on-Sea".
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Prominent members
- Anita Guinness Rothschild (1957-), wife of the late Amschel Mayor James Rothschild
- Arthur Guinness (1725-1803), Founder of the Guinness brewery
- Arthur Guinness, 1st Baron Ardilaun (1840-1915), created Baron Ardilaun in 1880
- Arthur Guinness, 4th Earl of Iveagh (born 1969)
- Benjamin Guinness (1798-1868)
- Benjamin Guinness, 3rd Earl of Iveagh (1937-1992)
- Bryan Guinness, 2nd Baron Moyne (1905-1992)
- Caroline Guinness (born 1954)
- Daphne Guinness (born 1967)
- Dolores Guinness (born 1936)
- Desmond Guinness (born 1931)
- Edward Guinness, 1st Earl of Iveagh (1847-1927)
- Gloria Guinness (1912-1980)
- Henry Guinness (1858–1945), Éire Senator 1922–1923
- Henry Grattan Guinness (1835–1910)
- Jasmine Guinness (born 1976)
- Jennifer Guinness
- Jonathan Guinness, 3rd Baron Moyne (born 1930)
- Kenelm Lee Guinness (1887-1937)
- Loel Guinness (1906-1988)
- Loel Patrick Guinness (born 1957)
- Patrick Benjamin Guinness (1931-1965)
- Rupert Guinness, 2nd Earl of Iveagh (1874-1967)
- Sabrina Guinness (born 1955)
- Serena Belinda (Lindy) Rosemary Guinness married to Sheridan Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 5th Marquess of Dufferin and Ava
- Walter Edward Guinness, 1st Baron Moyne (1880-1944)
- William Loel Seymour Guinness (born 1939)
- Frank V. Guinness, NZ Politician
- Caroline Blackwood (1931-1996)
- Garech Browne (born 1939)
- Os Guinness (born 1941)
- Henry Channon (1897-1958)
- Paul Channon (1935-2007)
- Sheridan Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 5th Marquess of Dufferin and Ava (1938-1988)
- Victoria Niarchos (born 1960)
- Constantine Phipps, 5th Marquess of Normanby (born 1954)
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
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
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