Guinness family
| Guinness family | |
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Arms granted to The Rev. Hosea Guinness in 1814 | |
| Current region | Ireland United Kingdom |
| Founder | Arthur Guinness |
| Current head | Edward Guinness, 4th Earl of Iveagh |
| Titles | Earl of Iveagh Viscount Elveden Baron Moyne Baron Ardilaun Guinness baronets |
| Connected families | House of Hohenzollern House of Urach House of Fürstenberg Rothschild family Mitford family Duke of Rutland Marquess of Normanby Earl of Buchan Earl of Wemyss Earl of Onslow Baron Plunket Baron Oranmore and Browne Baron Churston |
| Motto | Spes Mea In Deo ("My hope is in God") |
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The Guinness family is an Anglo-Irish noble family known for its achievements in brewing, banking, politics, and Protestant 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.