Patrick Guinness
Patrick Guinness | |
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| Born | August 1, 1956 Dublin, Ireland |
| Occupation(s) | Historian, author, financial analyst |
| Known for | Biography of Arthur Guinness, lectures on Irish genetic genealogy |
| Notable work | Biography of Arthur Guinness |
Patrick Desmond Carl Alexander Guinness (born 1 August 1956) is a historian and author of Anglo-Irish descent, as well as an heir to the renowned Guinness family enterprise. The son of Desmond Guinness and Mariga Guinness (born Princess Hermione Maria-Gabrielle von Urach), he received his education at Winchester College followed by Trinity College Dublin. His career includes roles as a financial analyst and a former representative for Sotheby's in Ireland.
Historian
Patrick Guinness penned the inaugural biography of Arthur Guinness, the founder behind the Guinness Brewery legacy. He has delivered lectures focusing on genetic genealogy concerning ancient Irish royal lineages and Viking-era Ireland, while also funding scholarly studies on Irish genetic heritage. Between 2004 and 2014, he was a member of the governing council of the County Kildare Archaeological Society.
His body of work features detailed studies on the Friendly Brothers of St Patrick in Kildare from 1758 to 1791, testimonies from Kildare during the 1641 Irish Rebellion, and an exploration of the Jacobite roots within the Mitford family. In 2016, he was a speaker at the FT Weekend Oxford Literary Festival.
Family
From his first marriage to Liz Casey, he has a daughter, model Jasmine Guinness. In 1990, he married Louise Arundel, with whom he has four children: Celeste, Tom, Lily, and George.
Through his maternal great-grandfather, the 2nd Duke of Urach, Patrick Guinness holds potential claims to historic titles such as those of the medieval Kingdom of Jerusalem, the Kingdom of Lithuania, the Principality of Monaco (refer to Monaco succession crisis of 1918), and the dukedom of Duke of Estouteville. In 2015, he presented a lecture on Irish history at Monaco's Princess Grace Irish Library.
Owing to his familial connections, he acts as a trustee for the social housing organisation Iveagh Trust and has previously held the position of president within the Irish Georgian Society.
Honours
In September 2010, Patrick Guinness was invested as a Knight of Justice in the Military and Hospitaller Order of St. Lazarus of Jerusalem during a ceremony held at St. Patrick's Cathedral in Dublin. Three years later, in 2013, he received the title Knight Commander of the Order of the Eagle of Georgia from Prince David Bagrationi Mukhran Batonishvili, head of Georgia’s Royal House.
On 10 March 2015, Senator Kirk Watson sponsored a resolution in the Texas Senate officially welcoming Guinness to the Texas State Capitol.