Guinness family
| Guinness family | |
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Arms granted to The Rev. Hosea Guinness in 1814 | |
| Current region | United Kingdom |
| 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 achievements in brewing, banking, politics, and religious ministry. The brewing branch is particularly well known among the general public for producing the dry stout beer Guinness, as founded by Arthur Guinness in 1759. An Anglo-Irish Protestant family, beginning in the late 18th century, they became a part of what is known in Ireland as the Protestant Ascendancy.
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.
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.