Richard Samuel Guinness
Also known as ‘Old Pel’ or ‘Old Pelican’
Born 1797
Educated Trinity College Dublin, graduated BA Vern. 1818.
Occupation Barrister, investor, politician and socialite. MP for Kinsale in 1847
and for Barnstable, Devon in 1856. Co-founder of Guinness Mahon
Bank.
Died 28 August 1857 at ‘Deepwell’, Blackrock, Co. Dublin.
Buried 2 September 1857, St. Anne’s Churchyard Dawson S. Dublin.
Father Richard (Dicky) Guinness, 1755-1829.
Mother Mary, daughter of George Darley.
Siblings Samuel, 1784-1785
Jane, 1785-1827
Sarah, 1786-1877
George Gore, 1788-1790
Robert Rundell, 1789-1857
Mary, 1791-1816
Elizabeth, 1794-1860
Frances, 1794-1888
Olivia, 1795-1797
Henrietta, 1799-1877
Grandparents Samuel Guinness – brother of Arthur Guinness founder of Guinness Brewery.
Spouse Katherine, daughter of Charles Jenkinson, Earl of Liverpool.
Children Mildred, 1835-
Edith Frances, 1837-1899
Geraldine Henrietta, 1838-
Col. Charles Welfran Nugent, 1839-1894
Arthur Cecil Cope Jenkinson, 1841-1897
Sir Reginald Robert Bruce, 1842-1909
Adelaide, Countess of Iveagh, 1844-1916
Claude Hume Campbell, 1852-1895
Sources Burkes Peerage; St. Anne’s Burial Registers; Newspaper Articles; Alumni Dublinenses.
Contributor Mairead Lynch
Date 22 June 2017
Also known as ‘Old Pel’ or ‘Old Pelican’
Born 1797
Educated Trinity College Dublin, graduated BA Vern. 1818.
Occupation Barrister, investor, politician and socialite. MP for Kinsale in 1847
and for Barnstable, Devon in 1856. Co-founder of Guinness Mahon
Bank.
Died 28 August 1857 at ‘Deepwell’, Blackrock, Co. Dublin.
Buried 2 September 1857, St. Anne’s Churchyard Dawson S. Dublin.
Father Richard (Dicky) Guinness, 1755-1829.
Mother Mary, daughter of George Darley.
Siblings Samuel, 1784-1785
Jane, 1785-1827
Sarah, 1786-1877
George Gore, 1788-1790
Robert Rundell, 1789-1857
Mary, 1791-1816
Elizabeth, 1794-1860
Frances, 1794-1888
Olivia, 1795-1797
Henrietta, 1799-1877
Grandparents Samuel Guinness – brother of Arthur Guinness founder of Guinness Brewery.
Spouse Katherine, daughter of Charles Jenkinson, Earl of Liverpool.
Children Mildred, 1835-
Edith Frances, 1837-1899
Geraldine Henrietta, 1838-
Col. Charles Welfran Nugent, 1839-1894
Arthur Cecil Cope Jenkinson, 1841-1897
Sir Reginald Robert Bruce, 1842-1909
Adelaide, Countess of Iveagh, 1844-1916
Claude Hume Campbell, 1852-1895
Sources Burkes Peerage; St. Anne’s Burial Registers; Newspaper Articles; Alumni Dublinenses.
Contributor Mairead Lynch
Date 22 June 2017