Which brewery did Edward Cecil Guinness run?
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St James’s Gate in Dublin had been in the family since Arthur Guinness took the lease in 1759, and Edward ran it from 1868.
In which part of Dublin was Guinness born in 1847?
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He was born at Clontarf, on the northern edge of the city, the third son of Sir Benjamin Lee Guinness.
On which exchange did Guinness float the brewery in 1886?
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Two-thirds of the company was floated in London in October 1886, one of the most sought-after issues of the century.
What was the capitalisation of that 1886 flotation?
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The company was brought to market at a £6 million capitalisation, and as the selling proprietor Guinness took the proceeds.
Which title was Guinness created in 1919?
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He was created Earl of Iveagh and Viscount Elveden in 1919, the last of five steps up the peerage.
Which drink was the family business built on?
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Guinness stout was the product, and its output roughly quadrupled during Edward’s first two decades in charge.
Which London house did Guinness buy in 1925 to display his paintings?
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He bought Kenwood, on Hampstead Heath, as a gallery for the best of the collection he had assembled in the 1880s.
Which housing trust, founded in 1890, still carries the family name?
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The Guinness Trust was endowed to build housing for the poor of London, and it is still a major landlord today.
Which Suffolk estate did Guinness buy in 1894?
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Elveden Hall became one of the great shooting estates of Edwardian England after an expensive remodelling.
Whose half-share of the brewery did Guinness buy out in 1876?
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His brother Arthur, later Lord Ardilaun, had no appetite for trade, and Edward bought him out to become sole proprietor at twenty-nine.
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