Guinness family

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]

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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Prominent members

Brewing line

Earls of Iveagh
Lords Moyne

Banking line

Religious and Political Line

Notes

  1. ^ "Herald" article, 2009
  2. ^ Essay by 2nd Lord Moyne, The Times 20 November 1959; (Online text in Eugenics Review, April 1960)

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