Ernest Guinness
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| Born | Arthur Ernest Guinness 2 November 1876 |
| Died | 22 March 1949 (aged 72) |
| Spouse | Marie Clothilde Russell |
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Arthur Ernest Guinness (2 November 1876 – 22 March 1949) was an Irish engineer and a senior member of the Guinness family. He usually went by the name of Ernest.
Family
Ernest was the second son of brewing magnate Edward Guinness, 1st Earl of Iveagh, and his wife Adelaide. On 15 July 1903 he married Marie Clothilde Russell, the daughter of Sir George Russell, 4th Baronet, and his wife Charlotte.[1] Ernest and Marie Clothilde had:
- Aileen (1904–1999), who married the Hon. Brinsley Plunket;
- Maureen (1907–1998), the wife of Basil Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 4th Marquess of Dufferin and Ava, whose children included the author Caroline Blackwood;
- Oonagh (1910–1995), the wife of the Hon. Philip Kindersley, and then of Dominick Browne, 4th Baron Oranmore and Browne, whose children included Garech Browne and Tara Browne.
Career
Ernest was seen as the modernising technical expert among the Guinness family directors at
Lendrum & Hartman Limited which was exhibited at 1930 London Motor Show. In 1934 he was involved in building a new brewery at Park Royal in the suburbs of London. In 1923 he bought the "Fantome II"
, a 3-masted barque.
He was educated at
Notes
- ^ Arthur Ernest Guinness The Peerage
- ^ Burke's Peerage 2003, vol 2, page 2066
External links
- . . Dublin: Alexander Thom and Son Ltd. 1923. p. – via Wikisource.