Guinness family genealogy

Lord Ardilaun Family

Arms: The ancient Arms of the MacGuinness family were those of the Lords of Iveagh, county Down, namely: Vert a Hon ramp. or, on a chief ar. a dexter hand erect, couped at the wrist gu.

The Armorial Bearings of this branch of the family are: Arms: Quarterly—1st and 4th, Guinness, per saltire gu. and az., a lion ramp. or, on a chief erm., a dexter hand couped at the wrist of the first, a crescent for diff.; 2nd and 3rd, Lee, ar. on a fesse, betw. three crescents sa., a trefoil or. Crests: 1st, Guinness, a boar pass, quarterly or and gu., a crescent for diff.; 2nd, Lee, on a pillar ar.: encircled by a ducal coronet or, an eagle preying on a bird’s leg, erased ppr. Supporters (Granted, by Royal Warrant, in May, 1867, to Sir Benjamin Lee Guinness, Bart., and the heirs male of his body, upon whom the dignity of a Baronet shall descend in virtue of the limitations of the Patent of the 15th April, 1867): On either side a stag gu., attired and gorged with a collar gemel or, pendent therefrom by a chain, gold, an escutcheon, that on the dexter charged with the Arms of Guinness, and that on the sinister with the Arms of Lee. Motto: Spes mea in Deo.

Art Ruadh [roe] or Arthur MacGuinness, of Rathfriland, county Down, who (see p. 312, Vol I.) is No. 124 on the “MacGuinness” pedigree, was knighted, and assumed the name Sir Arthur Magennis was in 1623 created “Viscount Iveagh;” but that peerage became extinct in 1693. On being raised to the peerage, Sir Arthur Magennis assumed for his Crest (in addition to the ancient Arms of the family, as at the head of this pedigree): A boar pass. ppr. langued gu. armed and hoofed or; Supporters: Two bucks gu. langued az. crined, unguled, and gorged with collars gemel or; and Motto: Sola salus servire Deo. He died in 1629, and was buried in Dromballybrony, on the 15th of June, in that year.

125. Con: a younger son of Sir Arthur Magennis; m. and had:

126. Hugh, who m. and had:

127. Ever, who removed to and settled in Dublin.[1] He m. and had:

128. Richard Guinness,[2] of Celbridge, county Kildare, who was the first of the family that assumed this sirname. He m. Elizabeth (b. 1698, and d. 1742), dau. of William Read, Esq., of Hutton-Read, county Kildare, and, with other children, had:

129. Arthur Guinness (b. 1725, d. 1803), of Beaumont, co. Dublin, who was his eldest son, and who was the first of the family that established the “Guinness Brewery,” in Dublin. He m. in 1761 Olivia, daughter and co-heir of William Whitmore, Esq., of Dublin, and had:

130. Arthur Guinness (his second son), of Beaumont, J.P. and D.L. (b. 1768, d. 1855). He m. Anne, eldest dau. and co-heiress of Benjamin Lee, Esq., of Merrion, county Dublin, and had three sons and five daughters:

1. William-Smyth-Lee-Grattan Guinness, of Beaumont, and Park Annesley (d. 1864), who in 1826 m, Susan-Jane, only child of Benjamin Guinness, Esq., of Dublin, and had issue.
2. Arthur-Lee Guinness, of Stillorgan House, county Dublin, who d. unm. in 1862.
3. Benjamin-Lee Guinness, created a Baronet, and of whom presently.
1. Susan, who in June, 1832, m. Rev. John Darley, F.T.C.D. (d. 1836), and had issue.
2. Mary-Jane, m. in Oct., 1845, Rev. David Pitcairn, of Torquay.
3. Louisa, d. unm. in 1856.
4. Elizabeth, m. in April, 1849, Rev. William Jameson, of Hollybank, county Dublin, and has issue.
5. Rebecca (d. Nov., 1870), mar. in June, 1844, Sir Edmund Waller, Bart., of Newfort, co. Tipperary, who d. in 1851.

131. Sir Benjamin-Lee Guinness, Bart., M.P., LL.D., J.P. and D.L.: only surviving son of Arthur; b. 1798, and d. 19th May, 1868; was one of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners of Ireland. He m. on the 24th Feb., 1837, Elizabeth (d. 22nd Sept., 1865), third dau. of Edward Guinness, Esq., of Dublin, and had three sons and one daughter:

1. Arthur-Edward, the 2nd Bart., created Baron Ardilaun, of whom presently.
2. Benjamin-Lee, late Captain Royal Horse Guards (Blue); b. 4th August, 1842, and living in 1887. He m. in Sept., 1881, Lady Henrietta-Elizabeth St. Lawrence, dau. of Thomas, third Earl of Howth, K.P., and has: 1. Arthur St. Lawrence Lee, b. 11th May, 1883.
3. Sir Edward-Cecil, of 80 Stephen’s Green, Dublin, and of 5 Grosvenor-place, London; and of Castleknock and Farmleigh, co. Dublin; J.P. and D.L.; High Sheriff for the city of Dublin in 1876; created a Baronet, 27th May, 1885; b. 10th Nov., 1847, and living in 1887; mar. 20th May, 1873, Adelaide-Maria, daughter of Richard-Samuel Guinness, Esq. of Deepwell, county Dublin, M.P., and has issue:
   1. Rupert-Edward-Cecil, born 29th March, 1874.
   2. Arthur-Ernest, b. 2nd Nov., 1876.
   3. Walter Edward, b. 23rd March, 1880.

132. Sir Arthur-Edward Guinness, of Ashford, county Mayo; of St. Anne’s, Clontarf, county Dublin; and 11 Carlton House Terrace, London, S.W., b. 1st November, 1840: eldest son of Sir Benjamin; was created a Baronet, 15th April, 1867; and Baron Ardilaun, in the peerage of the United Kingdom, on the 1st May, 1880. Lord Ardilaun, who is M.A., J.P., and D.L., m. on the 16th Feb., 1871, Lady Olivia-Charlotte, daughter of the Earl of Bantry—both living in 1887.

Notes

[1] Dublin: In the churchyard of St. Catherine’s, Dublin, several members of the Magennis family are interred; and in that parish register may be traced the transition of the name from Magennis to MacGuinness (the original anglicised form of the family Irish sirname MacAonghuis) and McGuinness, and ultimately Guinness.

[2] Guinness: The Rev. Hosea Guinness, LL.D., a grandson of this Richard of Celbridge, was Rector of St. Werburgh’s, and Chancellor of St. Patrick’s, Dublin. In 1814 the Rev. Dr. Hosea Guinness was granted the following Armorial Bearings:

Arms: Per saltire gu. and az. a lion ramp. or, on a chief erm. a dexter hand couped at the wrist gu. Crest: A boar pass. quarterly or and gu. Motto: Spes mea in Deo.