Patrick Desmond Carl Alexander Guinness (born 1 August 1956[citation needed]) is an Anglo-Irish historian and author and one of the heirs of the Guinness business dynasty. Son of Desmond and Mariga Guinness, née Princess Hermione Maria-Gabrielle von Urach, he was educated at Winchester College and Trinity College Dublin. He is a financial analyst. He is a former representative of Sotheby's in Ireland.

Historian

An historian, Patrick Guinness, member of the Guinness family, wrote the first biography of Arthur Guinness, the founder of the Guinness Brewery dynasty. He has lectured on genetic genealogy relating to the early Irish dynasties and Viking Ireland, and has sponsored academic research on Irish genetics. He was a council member of the County Kildare Archaeological Society (2004–2014).

He has produced monographs on the early history of the Friendly Brothers of St Patrick in Kildare, 1758–91; on the depositions from Kildare on the outbreak of the Irish Rebellion of 1641; and on the Irish Jacobite ancestry of the Mitford family (privately published). In 2016, he addressed the FT Weekend Oxford Literary Festival.

Family

His daughter, by his first marriage to Liz Casey, is the model Jasmine Guinness. He married Louise Arundel in 1990, and the couple have four children: Celeste, Tom, Lily, and George.

Through his maternal great-grandfather, the 2nd Duke of Urach, he is a potential claimant to the medieval Kingdom of Jerusalem, the Kingdom of Lithuania, to the Principality of Monaco (see Monaco succession crisis of 1918) and to the title of Duke of Estouteville.[verification needed] In 2015, he gave a lecture on Irish history at the Princess Grace Irish Library in Monaco.

Partly because of previous family involvements, he is a trustee of the Iveagh Trust social housing provider and is a former president of the Irish Georgian Society.

Honours

In September 2010, he became a Knight of Justice of the Military and Hospitaller Order of St. Lazarus of Jerusalem at a ceremony in St. Patrick's Cathedral in Dublin. In 2013, he was made a Knight Commander of the Order of the Eagle of Georgia by prince David Bagration-Mukhranski.

On 10 March 2015, the Texas Senate passed a resolution sponsored by Senator Kirk Watson welcoming Guinness to the Texas State Capitol.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Patrick Guinness
16. Edward Guinness, 1st Earl of Iveagh8. Walter Guinness, 1st Baron Moyne17. Adelaide Guinness4. Bryan Guinness, 2nd Baron Moyne18. Shipley Erskine, 14th Earl of Buchan9. Lady Evelyn Erskine19. Rosalie Sartoris2. Desmond Guinness20. Bertram Freeman-Mitford, 1st Baron Redesdale10. David Freeman-Mitford, 2nd Baron Redesdale21. Lady Clementina Ogilvy5. Diana Mitford22. Thomas Gibson Bowles11. Sydney Bowles23. Jessica Evans-Gordon1. Patrick Guinness24. Wilhelm, Duke of Urach12. Wilhelm Karl, Duke of Urach25. Princess Florestine of Monaco6. Albrecht von Urach26. Karl Theodor, Duke in Bavaria13. Duchess Amalie in Bavaria27. Princess Sophie of Saxony3. Mariga von Urach28. John Blackadder14. John Blackadder of Chirnside29. Janet Beveridge7. Rosemary Blackadder30. Peter Wilson15. Anna Wilson31. Frederike Thesen
16. Edward Guinness, 1st Earl of Iveagh
8. Walter Guinness, 1st Baron Moyne
17. Adelaide Guinness
4. Bryan Guinness, 2nd Baron Moyne
18. Shipley Erskine, 14th Earl of Buchan
9. Lady Evelyn Erskine
19. Rosalie Sartoris
2. Desmond Guinness
20. Bertram Freeman-Mitford, 1st Baron Redesdale
10. David Freeman-Mitford, 2nd Baron Redesdale
21. Lady Clementina Ogilvy
5. Diana Mitford
22. Thomas Gibson Bowles
11. Sydney Bowles
23. Jessica Evans-Gordon
1. Patrick Guinness
24. Wilhelm, Duke of Urach
12. Wilhelm Karl, Duke of Urach
25. Princess Florestine of Monaco
6. Albrecht von Urach
26. Karl Theodor, Duke in Bavaria
13. Duchess Amalie in Bavaria
27. Princess Sophie of Saxony
3. Mariga von Urach
28. John Blackadder
14. John Blackadder of Chirnside
29. Janet Beveridge
7. Rosemary Blackadder
30. Peter Wilson
15. Anna Wilson
31. Frederike Thesen
Lines of succession
Preceded byAndrea da Silva AraujoLine of succession to the British throne descendant of Sophia Dorothea of Hanover, daughter of George ISucceeded byThomas Guinness