Everyone on the Guinness family tree
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All 21 people on the chart are listed.
| Portrait | Person | Years | Life | On the chart |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RG | Richard GuinnessFather of Arthur | c. 1690–c. 1766 | Worked for Archbishop Price. Sources3 | Find on the chart |
| ER | Elizabeth ReadMother of Arthur | 1698–1742 | Wife of Richard Guinness. Sources3 | Find on the chart |
| SG | Samuel GuinnessBrother, goldbeater | 1727–1795 | Began the banking line. Sources3 | Find on the chart |
 | Arthur GuinnessFounder of the brewery | 1725?–1803 | Leased St James’s Gate in 1759. Sources4 | Find on the chart |
| OW | Olivia WhitmoreWife of Arthur | 1742–1814 | Married him in 1761. Sources2 | Find on the chart |
| RG | Richard GuinnessSon of Samuel | 1755–1829? | A barrister in Dublin. Sources3 | Find on the chart |
 | Arthur Guinness IIBrewer and banker | 1768–1855 | Governor of the Bank of Ireland. Sources5 | Find on the chart |
| JG | John Grattan GuinnessSon of Arthur | 1783–1850 | An officer in the Madras Army. Sources11 | Find on the chart |
| RR | Robert Rundell GuinnessFounder of Guinness Mahon | 1789–1857 | Founded the firm in 1836. Sources12 | Find on the chart |
 | Sir Benjamin Lee GuinnessBrewer, baronet | 1798–1868 | Restored St Patrick’s Cathedral. Sources6 | Find on the chart |
 | Henry Grattan GuinnessPreacher | 1835–1910 | Founded a missionary institute. Sources11 | Find on the chart |
 | Arthur Edward GuinnessLord Ardilaun | 1840–1915 | Sold his half of the brewery in 1876. Sources7 | Find on the chart |
 | Edward Cecil GuinnessFirst Earl of Iveagh | 1847–1927 | Floated the brewery in 1886. Sources8 | Find on the chart |
 | Adelaide GuinnessWife of Edward | 1844–1916 | Mother of three sons. Sources8 | Find on the chart |
 | Rupert GuinnessSecond Earl of Iveagh | 1874–1967 | Chairman from 1927 to 1962. Sources9 | Find on the chart |
 | Gwendolen OnslowWife of Rupert | 1881–1966 | Married him in 1903. Sources9 | Find on the chart |
| EG | Ernest GuinnessSecond son of Edward | 1876–1949 | Brother of Rupert and Walter. Sources8 | Find on the chart |
 | Walter GuinnessLord Moyne | 1880–1944 | Secretary of State for the Colonies. Sources10 | Find on the chart |
| AV | Arthur, Viscount ElvedenSon of Rupert | 1912–1945 | Killed in action in 1945. Sources9 | Find on the chart |
| BG | Benjamin GuinnessThird Earl of Iveagh | 1937–1992 | Chairman from 1962. Sources9 | Find on the chart |
| AE | Arthur Edward GuinnessFourth Earl of Iveagh | 1969– | Born in 1969. Living. Sources3 | Find on the chart |
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- MLA“The Guinness Family Tree PDF, Brewers, Bankers and Missionaries.” Genogram Builder, 11 Nov. 2026, https://genogrambuilder.org/history/guinness-family-tree.
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Sources
Every source was opened on 11 November 2026. The Dictionary of Irish Biography and the Farmleigh site would not load for an automated reader, so neither is cited.
The Iveagh Trust
Wikidata
Portrait credits
Each name leads to the file on Wikimedia Commons. The portraits in the article are in the public domain or under CC0.
- Arthur Guinness, Unknown artist.
- Arthur Guinness II, Martin Cregan, before 1870.
- Sir Benjamin Lee Guinness, Stephen Catterson Smith the younger, 1862 or 1863.
- Henry Grattan Guinness, Unknown photographer, about 1870 to 1880.
- Arthur Edward Guinness, Leslie Ward, 8 May 1880.
- Edward Cecil Guinness, After Arthur Stockdale Cope, after 1912.
- Adelaide Guinness, Chancellor, Dublin, 1899.
- Rupert Guinness, Bassano Ltd, 11 May 1937.
- Gwendolen Onslow, Bassano Ltd, 11 May 1937.
- Walter Guinness, Bassano Ltd, 1918.
- The brewery at St James’s Gate in 2025, on the site Arthur Guinness leased in 1759, Karlunun, 4 August 2025.
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