Lady Ardilaun circa 1894
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Edward Cecil Guinness
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Guinness family of Beaumont, St Anne's and Farmleigh in Castleknock
Arthur Guinness married Anne Lee
born 12 Mar 1768 8 May 1793 born 26 Sep 1774
died 9 Jun 1855 21 Feb 1817
Dublin Dublin
Arthur Guinness born 12 Mar 1768 son of Arthur Guinness and Olivia Whitmore was educated
at Whyte's Academy in Grafton Street and then went to work in the family brewery. He
married the heiress Anne Lee on 8 May 1793 and they lived at Beaumont, Co Dublin. Anne
was the daughter of Benjamin Lee and Susanna Smyth. Anne died 21 Feb 1817 in Dublin.
1 William Smythe Lee Grattan Guinness born 1795 was the rector of Dundrum. He
married Susan Jane Guinness on 9 Mar 1826 at St George’s Church and they had at
least seven children. Susanna was the only daughter of Benjamin Guinness and
Rebecca Lee. He secondly married Susan Rebecca Darley on 1 Jul 1863. Susan was the
daughter of Alderman Frederick Darley and Elizabeth Guinness of Fernhill. They had
no issue. On the death of his father, his resigned the living of Rathdrum to manage the
large estates his father left him.
2 Arthur Lee Guinness born March 1797 died 11 Jan 1863 at Roundwood House.
3 Benjamin Lee Guinness born 1 Nov 1798. He was living at St Anne’s, Clontarf and
married Elizabeth Guinness on 24 Feb 1837 at St Peter’s Church, Dublin. Elizabeth was
the daughter of the late Edward Guinness and Margaret Blair. He managed the brewery
from 1839. He was Lord Mayor of Dublin in 1851. He purchased the Ashford estate in
1852 adding to it over the years until he had 19944 acres. He gave £10 to all 32 clerks in
Guinness on the death of his father as a token of his father's respect for them. From 1860
to 1865, he undertook at his own expense, and without hiring an architect, the restoration
of St Patrick's Cathedral. He adopted the harp logo in 1862. Guinness registered their
harp as a trademark shortly after the passing of the Trade Marks Registration Act of 1875.
It faces right instead of left, and so can be distinguished from the Irish coat of arms.
Elizabeth died on 22 Sep 1865 and is buried at Mount Jerome. In 1862 he purchased two
houses on St Stephen's Green and with the aid of Messrs Murphys builders who had
worked with him on St Patrick’s Cathedral, and without the services of an architect,
Benjamin designed what is now known as Iveagh House in 1866. Benjamin was created
a baronet in 1867. Sir Benjamin, an MP, DL, honorary LLD of Trinity College and
Ecclesiastical Commissioner died 19 May 1868 at Park Lane, London and his three sons
returned with his remains to Dublin which were then conveyed to St Annes. His funeral
was held at St Patrick’s which was draped in black. He left £1,100,000 in personal estate.
He left 30k to be invested for his daughter to which she was to have full authority and
control of the interest. He left his property in Mayo and Galway to Arthur. 20k plus his
estates in Kerry Wicklow and Kilkenny to Benjamin. 10K, his house in Stephen’s Green and
other properties in Dublin to Edward. The brewery and property at James’ Gate were left
jointly to Arthur and Edward. Each clerk in the brewery was to get a months salary and
each workman a weeks wages.
1 Anne Lee Guinness born 11 Jun 1839 at St Anne’s. She married the Rev William
Conyngham Plunket at Clontarf Church on 11 Jun 1863. She had twelve bridesmaids
and the reception was held at St Anne’s. They travelled to Switzerland on their
honeymoon. William became the 4th Baron Plunket in 1869 and was later Archbishop
of Dublin. When William married Annie her settlement was £49k and he inherited
Old Connaught in 1871. From an early age Anne was involved with her fathers’
philanthropic schemes around the Liberties. She established St Patrick's nursing
home in 1876, which became a training centre for Church of Ireland nurses, her
husband her greatest supporter. She also helped with her husband projects
including an extension to Alexandra College and the establishment of the Irish Clergy
Daughters’ School at Earlsfort Terrace. Annie died 8 Nov 1889 at Old Connaught House,
Bray. Her husband had stayed by her bedside from the 19 October when she first got
ill. He wrote the following lines after her death. ‘Thou gavest -Thou didst take thy gift away,
O Lord. This heart is nigh to break, Yet – be Thy Name adored. E’en were this life the end.
Had we no hope, no heav’n still would my praise ascend for joys already given. Yes, for those
bygone years of constant cloudless love, I bless They Name with tears – All come from Thee
above. But, oh full well, I know in this sharp hour of pain – What once thou didst bestow Thou
wilt give back again.’ That smile, that voice, once more, the clasp of that dear hand soon wilt
Thou all restore, soon - in the deathless land. Meanwhile, though still I weep, at rest this
heart may be – My treasure Thou dost keep- My loved one is with thee. Annie left 20k to her
husband, a further 20k to relatives and friends and 30k to be shared equally between
their six children. Her personal estate of 3k was also left to her husband. William died
1 Apr 1897 at the Bishops Palace, St Stephens Green.
1 Baron William Lee Plunket born 19 Dec 1864, Upper Pembroke Street died in 1920.
2 Elizabeth Charlotte Plunket born 1 Aug 1868, Old Connaught House.
3 Benjamin John Plunket born 1 Aug 1870 at Old Connaught.
4 Olivia Annie Plunket born 5 Apr 1873 at Fitzwilliam Square.
5 Kathleen Louisa Plunket born 22 Feb 1877 at Earlsfort Terrace.
6 Ethel Josephine Plunket born 25 Jun 1879 at Earlsfort Terrace.
2 Arthur Edward Guinness born 1 Nov 1840 at St Annes. He was MP for Dublin in 1868 and
again in 1874. Sir Arthur married Lady Olivia Charlotte (Dodo) White on 16 Feb 1871 at
Bantry Parish Church. Olivia was the second daughter of the 3rd Earl of Bantry. It was
reported in the Freemans Journal the Arthur had committed bigamy in 1873 which
resulted in a libel court case against Sir John Grey for publishing same. However, Arthur
magnanimously accepted Sir John Grey’s private and public apology and the case was
dropped. Arthur was raised to the peerage in 1876 as Lord Ardilaun and sold his half-
share in the brewery to his brother Edward for £600,000. He lived at Ashford Castle for
much of the year and acquired neighbouring estates owning at one time 33,298 acres.
He purchased the Muckross estate in 1899. He died 20 Jan 1915 at St Annes. Olivia
inherited Macroom Castle which was burned down in 1922. She died in Dublin in 1925
aged 75 and left 932K in personal estate. They had no issue.
3 Benjamin Lee Guinness born 4 Aug 1842 succeeded as 2nd baronet in 1868. Benjamin
late of the Royal Horse Guards married Lady Henrietta Elize St Lawrence on 6 Sep 1881
at Howth Castle. Henrietta was the daughter of the late Thomas, Earl of Howth. The
lived at Ballard in Richmond and Benjamin was devoted to yachting and did a lot of
travelling around the Mediterranean. He died 2 Feb 1900 at Bournemouth.
1 Sir Algernon Arthur St Lawrence Lee Guinness born 11 May 1883.
2 Lt Com Kenelm Lee Guinness, MBE born 14 Aug 1887 died 10 Apr 1937.
3 Nigel Digby Lee Guinness born 27 May 1892.
4 Edward Cecil Guinness born 10 Nov 1847. He married Adelaide Maria Guinness on
20 May 1873 at Ascot. Adelaide was the daughter of the late Richard Samuel Guinness
of Deepwell. He purchased Farmleigh in Castleknock the same year. He was in sole
ownership of the brewery by 1876 having bought out the half share of his older brother
Lord Ardilaun for £600,000. He was High Sheriff of Dublin City in 1876 and of Co Dublin
in 1885. That same year, he was created Baronet of Castleknock. In 1886 Edward made
his most audacious business decision by floating two-thirds of the Guinness Brewery on
the London Stock Exchange. This netted him 6 million pounds about 800 million in
today’s money and he retired from the day to day running of the business remaining on
as chairman. His brother in law Claude Hume Campbell Guinness of Knockmaroon
House took over as managing director of the brewery but the stress caused him a mental
breakdown in 1894 and he died in 1895 at a sanatorium in Chiswick. Reginald Guinness
another brother in law next became managing director but had to retire for health
reasons in 1902 and Edward returned to the brewery in a more formal role. In 1891 he
was raised to the peerage as Baron Iveagh of Down and he became a Knight of St Patrick.
He was a generous philanthropist and contributed almost £1 million to slum clearance
and various housing projects. He built the Iveagh Market to enable street traders to sell
produce under shelter, the Iveagh Play Centre (40K) for children and the Iveagh swimming
baths. Adelaide died in Suffolk on 16 Feb 1916 aged 71. In 1919 he was created Earl of
Iveagh and Viscount Elveden. Edward died 7 Oct 1927 at Grosvenor Place, London and
left over 13 million in personal estate. His house at Stephens Green was gifted to the
Irish state in 1939 by his sons.
1 Rupert Guinness born 1874 became the second Earl of Iveagh. He ran the brewery
for about 35 years and died in 1967.
2 Arthur Ernest (Ernest) Guinness born 1876 died in 1949.
3 Walter Guinness born 1880 died in 1944.
4 Susanna Guinness born 27 Jun 1804. She married Rev John Darley on 19 Jun 1832 and they had
three daughters. John was the son of Alderman Frederick Darley of Fernhill. She died
18 Mar 1889 at 9 Leeson Park.
5 Mary Jane Guinness born 26 Sep 1808. She married the Rev David Pitcairn on 30 Oct 1845 at
Coolock parish church and they had at least two children. Mary died a widow on 19 Feb 1886 at
Erinville, Torquay.
6 Louisa Guinness born 4 Jan 1810 died unmarried on 18 Jan 1856 at Rosehaugh, Avoca Avenue,
Blackrock.
7 Ann Guinness born 12 Jan 1812.
8 Elizabeth (Eliza) Guinness born 1813. She marred the Rev William Jameson of Hollybank on
12 Apr 1844 at St George’s Church.
9 Rebecca Guinness born 13 Jun 1814. She married widower Sir Edmund Waller of Knocknacree,
Tipperary on 20 Dec 1844 at Coolock church. They had a least one son. Rebecca died 22 Nov 1870
at Brighton.
Arthur secondly married Maria Barker on 16 Feb 1821. Maria died in 1837 aged 54. There was no issue.
Arthur died 9 Jun 1855 at Beaumont and was interred in the family vault at Mount Jerome. The
newspapers reported that he left an estate exceeding half a million.
© June Bow & Karen Poff - March 2020
Arthur Guinness married Anne Lee
born 12 Mar 1768 8 May 1793 born 26 Sep 1774
died 9 Jun 1855 21 Feb 1817
Dublin Dublin
Arthur Guinness born 12 Mar 1768 son of Arthur Guinness and Olivia Whitmore was educated
at Whyte's Academy in Grafton Street and then went to work in the family brewery. He
married the heiress Anne Lee on 8 May 1793 and they lived at Beaumont, Co Dublin. Anne
was the daughter of Benjamin Lee and Susanna Smyth. Anne died 21 Feb 1817 in Dublin.
1 William Smythe Lee Grattan Guinness born 1795 was the rector of Dundrum. He
married Susan Jane Guinness on 9 Mar 1826 at St George’s Church and they had at
least seven children. Susanna was the only daughter of Benjamin Guinness and
Rebecca Lee. He secondly married Susan Rebecca Darley on 1 Jul 1863. Susan was the
daughter of Alderman Frederick Darley and Elizabeth Guinness of Fernhill. They had
no issue. On the death of his father, his resigned the living of Rathdrum to manage the
large estates his father left him.
2 Arthur Lee Guinness born March 1797 died 11 Jan 1863 at Roundwood House.
3 Benjamin Lee Guinness born 1 Nov 1798. He was living at St Anne’s, Clontarf and
married Elizabeth Guinness on 24 Feb 1837 at St Peter’s Church, Dublin. Elizabeth was
the daughter of the late Edward Guinness and Margaret Blair. He managed the brewery
from 1839. He was Lord Mayor of Dublin in 1851. He purchased the Ashford estate in
1852 adding to it over the years until he had 19944 acres. He gave £10 to all 32 clerks in
Guinness on the death of his father as a token of his father's respect for them. From 1860
to 1865, he undertook at his own expense, and without hiring an architect, the restoration
of St Patrick's Cathedral. He adopted the harp logo in 1862. Guinness registered their
harp as a trademark shortly after the passing of the Trade Marks Registration Act of 1875.
It faces right instead of left, and so can be distinguished from the Irish coat of arms.
Elizabeth died on 22 Sep 1865 and is buried at Mount Jerome. In 1862 he purchased two
houses on St Stephen's Green and with the aid of Messrs Murphys builders who had
worked with him on St Patrick’s Cathedral, and without the services of an architect,
Benjamin designed what is now known as Iveagh House in 1866. Benjamin was created
a baronet in 1867. Sir Benjamin, an MP, DL, honorary LLD of Trinity College and
Ecclesiastical Commissioner died 19 May 1868 at Park Lane, London and his three sons
returned with his remains to Dublin which were then conveyed to St Annes. His funeral
was held at St Patrick’s which was draped in black. He left £1,100,000 in personal estate.
He left 30k to be invested for his daughter to which she was to have full authority and
control of the interest. He left his property in Mayo and Galway to Arthur. 20k plus his
estates in Kerry Wicklow and Kilkenny to Benjamin. 10K, his house in Stephen’s Green and
other properties in Dublin to Edward. The brewery and property at James’ Gate were left
jointly to Arthur and Edward. Each clerk in the brewery was to get a months salary and
each workman a weeks wages.
1 Anne Lee Guinness born 11 Jun 1839 at St Anne’s. She married the Rev William
Conyngham Plunket at Clontarf Church on 11 Jun 1863. She had twelve bridesmaids
and the reception was held at St Anne’s. They travelled to Switzerland on their
honeymoon. William became the 4th Baron Plunket in 1869 and was later Archbishop
of Dublin. When William married Annie her settlement was £49k and he inherited
Old Connaught in 1871. From an early age Anne was involved with her fathers’
philanthropic schemes around the Liberties. She established St Patrick's nursing
home in 1876, which became a training centre for Church of Ireland nurses, her
husband her greatest supporter. She also helped with her husband projects
including an extension to Alexandra College and the establishment of the Irish Clergy
Daughters’ School at Earlsfort Terrace. Annie died 8 Nov 1889 at Old Connaught House,
Bray. Her husband had stayed by her bedside from the 19 October when she first got
ill. He wrote the following lines after her death. ‘Thou gavest -Thou didst take thy gift away,
O Lord. This heart is nigh to break, Yet – be Thy Name adored. E’en were this life the end.
Had we no hope, no heav’n still would my praise ascend for joys already given. Yes, for those
bygone years of constant cloudless love, I bless They Name with tears – All come from Thee
above. But, oh full well, I know in this sharp hour of pain – What once thou didst bestow Thou
wilt give back again.’ That smile, that voice, once more, the clasp of that dear hand soon wilt
Thou all restore, soon - in the deathless land. Meanwhile, though still I weep, at rest this
heart may be – My treasure Thou dost keep- My loved one is with thee. Annie left 20k to her
husband, a further 20k to relatives and friends and 30k to be shared equally between
their six children. Her personal estate of 3k was also left to her husband. William died
1 Apr 1897 at the Bishops Palace, St Stephens Green.
1 Baron William Lee Plunket born 19 Dec 1864, Upper Pembroke Street died in 1920.
2 Elizabeth Charlotte Plunket born 1 Aug 1868, Old Connaught House.
3 Benjamin John Plunket born 1 Aug 1870 at Old Connaught.
4 Olivia Annie Plunket born 5 Apr 1873 at Fitzwilliam Square.
5 Kathleen Louisa Plunket born 22 Feb 1877 at Earlsfort Terrace.
6 Ethel Josephine Plunket born 25 Jun 1879 at Earlsfort Terrace.
2 Arthur Edward Guinness born 1 Nov 1840 at St Annes. He was MP for Dublin in 1868 and
again in 1874. Sir Arthur married Lady Olivia Charlotte (Dodo) White on 16 Feb 1871 at
Bantry Parish Church. Olivia was the second daughter of the 3rd Earl of Bantry. It was
reported in the Freemans Journal the Arthur had committed bigamy in 1873 which
resulted in a libel court case against Sir John Grey for publishing same. However, Arthur
magnanimously accepted Sir John Grey’s private and public apology and the case was
dropped. Arthur was raised to the peerage in 1876 as Lord Ardilaun and sold his half-
share in the brewery to his brother Edward for £600,000. He lived at Ashford Castle for
much of the year and acquired neighbouring estates owning at one time 33,298 acres.
He purchased the Muckross estate in 1899. He died 20 Jan 1915 at St Annes. Olivia
inherited Macroom Castle which was burned down in 1922. She died in Dublin in 1925
aged 75 and left 932K in personal estate. They had no issue.
3 Benjamin Lee Guinness born 4 Aug 1842 succeeded as 2nd baronet in 1868. Benjamin
late of the Royal Horse Guards married Lady Henrietta Elize St Lawrence on 6 Sep 1881
at Howth Castle. Henrietta was the daughter of the late Thomas, Earl of Howth. The
lived at Ballard in Richmond and Benjamin was devoted to yachting and did a lot of
travelling around the Mediterranean. He died 2 Feb 1900 at Bournemouth.
1 Sir Algernon Arthur St Lawrence Lee Guinness born 11 May 1883.
2 Lt Com Kenelm Lee Guinness, MBE born 14 Aug 1887 died 10 Apr 1937.
3 Nigel Digby Lee Guinness born 27 May 1892.
4 Edward Cecil Guinness born 10 Nov 1847. He married Adelaide Maria Guinness on
20 May 1873 at Ascot. Adelaide was the daughter of the late Richard Samuel Guinness
of Deepwell. He purchased Farmleigh in Castleknock the same year. He was in sole
ownership of the brewery by 1876 having bought out the half share of his older brother
Lord Ardilaun for £600,000. He was High Sheriff of Dublin City in 1876 and of Co Dublin
in 1885. That same year, he was created Baronet of Castleknock. In 1886 Edward made
his most audacious business decision by floating two-thirds of the Guinness Brewery on
the London Stock Exchange. This netted him 6 million pounds about 800 million in
today’s money and he retired from the day to day running of the business remaining on
as chairman. His brother in law Claude Hume Campbell Guinness of Knockmaroon
House took over as managing director of the brewery but the stress caused him a mental
breakdown in 1894 and he died in 1895 at a sanatorium in Chiswick. Reginald Guinness
another brother in law next became managing director but had to retire for health
reasons in 1902 and Edward returned to the brewery in a more formal role. In 1891 he
was raised to the peerage as Baron Iveagh of Down and he became a Knight of St Patrick.
He was a generous philanthropist and contributed almost £1 million to slum clearance
and various housing projects. He built the Iveagh Market to enable street traders to sell
produce under shelter, the Iveagh Play Centre (40K) for children and the Iveagh swimming
baths. Adelaide died in Suffolk on 16 Feb 1916 aged 71. In 1919 he was created Earl of
Iveagh and Viscount Elveden. Edward died 7 Oct 1927 at Grosvenor Place, London and
left over 13 million in personal estate. His house at Stephens Green was gifted to the
Irish state in 1939 by his sons.
1 Rupert Guinness born 1874 became the second Earl of Iveagh. He ran the brewery
for about 35 years and died in 1967.
2 Arthur Ernest (Ernest) Guinness born 1876 died in 1949.
3 Walter Guinness born 1880 died in 1944.
4 Susanna Guinness born 27 Jun 1804. She married Rev John Darley on 19 Jun 1832 and they had
three daughters. John was the son of Alderman Frederick Darley of Fernhill. She died
18 Mar 1889 at 9 Leeson Park.
5 Mary Jane Guinness born 26 Sep 1808. She married the Rev David Pitcairn on 30 Oct 1845 at
Coolock parish church and they had at least two children. Mary died a widow on 19 Feb 1886 at
Erinville, Torquay.
6 Louisa Guinness born 4 Jan 1810 died unmarried on 18 Jan 1856 at Rosehaugh, Avoca Avenue,
Blackrock.
7 Ann Guinness born 12 Jan 1812.
8 Elizabeth (Eliza) Guinness born 1813. She marred the Rev William Jameson of Hollybank on
12 Apr 1844 at St George’s Church.
9 Rebecca Guinness born 13 Jun 1814. She married widower Sir Edmund Waller of Knocknacree,
Tipperary on 20 Dec 1844 at Coolock church. They had a least one son. Rebecca died 22 Nov 1870
at Brighton.
Arthur secondly married Maria Barker on 16 Feb 1821. Maria died in 1837 aged 54. There was no issue.
Arthur died 9 Jun 1855 at Beaumont and was interred in the family vault at Mount Jerome. The
newspapers reported that he left an estate exceeding half a million.
© June Bow & Karen Poff - March 2020