Arthur Guinness

 Arthur Guinness (1725 – 1803), born near Cellbrige, Co. Kildare, in Ireland, his father worked as a farmer for Archbishop Arthur Price of Cashel and he as a servant. Upon the death  of the old Archbishop in 1752, he left Arthur and his father each £100. With the money the 27 year old Arthur opened a small brewery in Leixlip and concocted a unique tasting bear which was to become world famous. Six years later in 1759, he left the brewery in the hands of his youngest brother and moved to Dublin where he leased a rundown yard for £45 a year for 9000 years.

He married Olivia Whitmore in 1761. She was related to some of Dublin's most prestige's families which included Ireland's greatest orator and politician, Henry Grattan. In marriage she brought with her an inheritance of £1,000. They purchased Beaumont House where Arthur settled down as a Gentleman in his stately home as he rose quickly to national notice. Olivia gave birth to 21 children but sadly with only 10 surviving to adulthood, six sons and four daughters.  

She had two cousins, Rev. William Smyth and his brother Edward (1746-1823), who were both ministers and chaplains of Bethesda Chapel (founded 1784). Their uncle was a famous Anglican bishop from county Down who was a fervent Evangelical leader. Bethesda became a leading non-conformist place of worship in the city where the Rev. John Wesley ministered in 1787. Edward Smythe had previously ministered in England for Wesley in Bath in 1779 and then in traveling preaching for several years with the Methodists before settling in Bethesda Chapel in Dublin. The chapel had a long future association with the Guinness family. 

Of interest is the fact that the church Arthur and Olivia were married in in 1761, St Mary's Anglican Church, was the very same church where John Wesley preached his first sermon upon his arrival in Dublin in 1746. Wesley exclaimed that the church congregation was as 'gay (addicted to pleasure) and senseless' as any he had ever saw. This brought a breach with the Archbishop of Dublin who stopped him preaching in any of his parishes thereafter. Arthur Guinness became a friend of Wesley while still remaining a faithful member of his Anglican church. 

Guinness' son Arthur II (1768–1855) assisted him in his business and was the natural heir to it. Guinness adopted as his motto for the brewery, "My Hope is in God." Surprisingly he was a man of very deep religious convictions. In 1786 at the age of 18 Arthur II came under the influence of the Methodist revival in Dublin and certainly heard John Wesley preach. At this time many respectable and wealthy people in the city were being impacted by the gospel and influenced by the revival taking place through Methodism and were being converted or at least convicted of their sins, heart motives, or lifestyles. 

four of Arthur's grandsons were dismissed from the brewery for drunkenness and related problems 
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Arthur II married Anne Lee in 1793, 



Arthur IIs son, Sir Benjamin Lee Guinness (  ), was partially responsible for starting the first children's Sunday school in Dublin City. On the 11th January 1786, he met with two clergymen in a church vestry and resolved to initiate this project. it opened that month on the 20th with only ten in attendance, but quickly grew and spread. 

mr thomas roberts, brother-in-law to A guinness,  
Section W/ Began 1786/ Born 1765/ Died 1832
1813, lectured in the house of guinness, his host, 
5 years earier, 1808 ? 
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