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Guinness was born in Ardclogh, near Celbridge, County Kildare, in 1725. His father was employed by Arthur Price, a bishop of the Church of Ireland. Guinness himself was later employed by Price, and upon his death in 1752, both he and his father were bequeathed funds from Price's will.
Arthur Edward Guinness, 1st Baron Ardilaun, JP, DL (1 November 1840 – 20 January 1915), styled Sir Arthur Guinness, Bt between 1868 and 1880, was an Anglo-Irish businessman, politician and philanthropist. He is perhaps best known for giving St Stephen's Green to the Dublin Corporation for public use. [1]
The Guinness family is an extensive Irish family known for its achievements in brewing, banking, politics, and religious 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. [2]
- Courtesy Guinness Archive, Diegeo Ireland Arthur Guinness signed a 9,000-year lease on a Dublin brewery in 1759. By 1880, the brewery at St. James’s Gate was the largest in the world.
But Guinness has a long storied history that makes it so popular worldwide. Click here to find fun facts about your Guinness pint — and find 20 reasons to toast one to Arthur Guinness.
1821: The development of "Extra Stout" beer by Arthur Guinness II and others. [16] 1830: Coffey still invented by Aeneas Coffey. [17] 1831: Method of treating cholera patients discovered by William Brooke O'Shaughnessy. [18] 1832: Kyanising invented by John Howard Kyan. [19] 1834: The game of Croquet. [20] 1836: Induction coil invented by ...
23 July – Arthur Wolfe, 1st Viscount Kilwarden, Lord Chief Justice of Ireland (born 1739) (murdered). 24 August – James Napper Tandy, rebel leader (born 1740). 29 August – Samuel Neilson, co-founder of the Society of United Irishmen and founder of its newspaper, the Northern Star (born 1761).
Arthur Guinness (12 March 1768 – 9 June 1855) was an Irish brewer, banker, politician and flour miller active in Dublin, Ireland. To avoid confusion with his father, also Arthur Guinness (1725–1803), he is often known as "the second Arthur Guinness" or as Arthur Guinness II or Arthur II Guinness .