Arthur Guinness

28/09/1725 — 23/01/1803
A brief biography

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Richard Guinness
Arthur Guinness 1725 — 1803
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Olivia Whitmore 1742 — 1814   Hosea Guinness 1764 — 1841  

Arthur Guinness


Son of Richard Guinness and Elizabeth Guinness. .

Born in 1725, the eleventh year of the reign of King George I, and died aged seventy-seven in the forty-third year of the reign of King George III  He has 164 direct descendants in the family.

Biography


Arthur Guinness was born on 28 September 1725 in Ireland, his father, Richard Guinness, was 35 and his mother, Elizabeth, was 27. He married Olivia Whitmore in Beaumont, Dublin. They had ten children in 24 years.

He established the world famous Guinness brewery in Dublin Ireland

He died on 23 January 1803 in Beaumont, Dublin, having lived a long life of 77 years, and was buried in Oughterard, Galway. Ireland

Arthur Guinness, the founder of Guinness brewery

Arthur is said to have been born in 1725 near Celbridge, Co Kildare, Ireland, at Oakley Park He was a son of Richard Guinness. Arthur's mother was Elizabeth Read,

Arthur's place of birth has been the subject of some question, or "family tradition." One often reported birth place is the home of his Read grandparents, at Huttonread, Co. Kildare, Ireland. Some say  



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