Edward Guinness, 1st Earl of Iveagh

Edward Cecil Guinness, 1st Earl of Iveagh

Edward Cecil Guinness, 1st Earl of Iveagh KP GCVO FRS (born November 10, 1847 in Clontarf , Dublin , † October 7, 1927 in London ) was an Irish businessman and philanthropist .

Life

Edward Cecil Guinness was born in 1847 as the third son of Sir Benjamin Guinness (1798–1868) and Elizabeth Guinness (1813–1865). He studied at Trinity College in Dublin . Due to the economic success of the Guinness brewery , which he ran together with his brother Arthur after the death of his father and then alone from 1876, Guinness was the richest man in Ireland from 1886. In 1889 he withdrew from the management of the brewery, but remained the majority shareholder . In 1891 he was raised to Baron Iveagh , of Iveagh in the County of Down , after he had been raised to baronet in 1885 . In 1895 Guinness became a Knight of the Order of Saint Patrick . In 1905 he was given the title Viscount Iveagh . After his election to the Royal Society in 1906, Guinness was elected Chancellor of the University of Dublin in 1908 , a position he held until his death. In 1910 he was made Knight of the Royal Victorian Order and in 1919 he was given the titles of Earl of Iveagh and Viscount Elveden , of Elveden in the County of Suffolk .

Like his father and brother, Guinness used its wealth for charity. In 1888 he founded the Guinness Trust, later known as the Iveagh Trust, which offered shelter to the poor in London and Dublin. He donated money to St. Patrick's Cathedral for a set of new bells, the restoration of the bell tower and numerous repairs. He also had St. Patrick's Park next to the cathedral laid out as a public garden around 1901 .

In 1907 he supported the polar explorer Ernest Shackleton in financing the Nimrod expedition . In gratitude, Shackleton named Mount Iveagh after him.

The Earl died in London in 1927. He was buried in Elveden, Suffolk.

family

Edward Cecil Guinness was married to his cousin Adelaide Maria Guinness († 1916) since May 20, 1873. The marriage had three children:

• Rupert Guinness, 2nd Earl of Iveagh (1874–1967)
• Arthur Ernest Guinness (1876-1949)
• Walter Guinness, 1st Baron Moyne (1880–1944)

swell

• Mr. Edward Guinness at Hansard (English)

predecessor	Office	successor
New title created	Earl of Iveagh 1919-1927	Rupert Guinness