| Guinness family | |
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 Arms of Guinness[1] | |
| Parent family | Clan Magennis |
| Current region | United Kingdom |
| Place of origin | County Down, Ireland |
| Current head | Edward Guinness, 4th Earl of Iveagh |
| Titles | Earl of Iveagh Viscount Elveden Baron Moyne Baron Ardilaun Guinness baronets |
| Motto | Spes Mea In Deo ("My hope is in God") |
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The Guinness family is an extensive Irish family known for its accomplishments in brewing, banking, politics, and religious ministry. The brewing branch is particularly well known among the general public for producing the dry stout Guinness Beer.[2] The founder of the dynasty, Arthur Guinness, claimed descent from the Viscounts Magennis of Iveagh. Beginning in the late 18th century, they became a prominent part of what is known in Ireland as the Protestant Ascendancy.[3]
The "banking line" Guinness's 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]
The current head of the family is the Earl of Iveagh. Another prominent branch, descended from the 1st Earl of Iveagh, is headed by Lord Moyne.
- ^ Fox-Davies, Arthur Charles (1899). Armorial Families: A Directory of Some Gentlemen of Coat-armour, Showing which Arms in Use at the Moment are Borne by Legal Authority. T.C. & E.C. Jack. p. 363. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
- ^ "Herald" article, 2009
- ^ Essay by 2nd Lord Moyne, The Times 20 November 1959; (Online text in Eugenics Review, April 1960)
- ^ Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood (107 ed.). Burke's Peerage & Gentry. pp. 2066–2067. ISBN 0-9711966-2-1.