Born 12 Jul 1765 in Beaumont, Dublin, Ireland

Ancestors

Husband of Jane (Hart) Guinness — married 23 Jan 1794 in Loughlinstown, County Dublin, Ireland

Descendants

Died 5 Mar 1841 in Camden Street , Dublin, Ireland

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Biography

Hosea Guinness is Notable.

Rev. Hosea Guinness (July 12, 1765 - March 5, 1841) was the eldest surviving son of 21 children of Sir Arthur Guinness of St James Gate, Dublin, founder of the Guinness Brewery, and Olivia Whitmore, born on July 12 1765. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), vol. 2, p. 1698.

Hosea as the eldest son become an ordained minister.

He was born in 1765 and was for thirty years rector of St. Werburgh's and became Chancellor of St. Patrick's Cathedral. and was christened 12 Sept 1766 at Beumount, Dublin, Ireland And died at his residence Camden Street , Dublin, Ireland on 5 March 1841.

His descendants are the eldest line of the Guinness family. Among them was Miss May Guinness, the distinguished painter, who died in 1955, aged ninety-one. She won the Croix de Guerre for her bravery under bombardment as a nurse at Vadelaincourt, near Verdun, in the First World War. A disciple of Andre Lhotte, she was an accomplished artist with a strongly individual style. Hosea's youngest son, Francis Hart Vicesimus Guinness, emigrated first to India and then to New Zealand, where numerous family of his descendants are to be found today. His eldest son, Sir Arthur Robert Guinness, became Speaker of the House of Representatives in 1903.

He was educated at Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts. He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin University, Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland. He graduated with a Doctor of Law (LL.D.). Was the vicar of Chapelizod in 1812. He was the Chancellor at St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland. Rev. Guinness became the rector of St Werburgh's, Dublin and served for over 30 years.

On January 19, 1794 he married Jane Hart, the second daughter of Col. Simon Hart of Dublin and the widow Campbell (married 22 Oct 1773) at Winchester College, Winchester, Hampshire, England.

Children of Reverend Hosea Guinness and Jane Hart:

1. Olivia (1794, married Rev. William Archer)
2. Arthur (2 Apr 1796-1831)
3. Jane (1803, married Robert Richmond)
4. Elizabeth Augusta (1804-1873, married William Thomas Waller)
5. Benjamin Hart (1806)
6. Margaret
7. Edward
8. Simon
9. Anne
10. Harriet
11. Mary Anne
12. Francis Hart Vicesimus (1819-July 1891, buried at Linwood Cemetery, Christchurch, NZ, Block 10 plot 9 with wife Catherine Marian Guinness, nee Richardson, daughter of Col. Christopher Rowland Richardson)

His wife Jane died on January 31, 1835

Rev. Hosea Guinness died at home on Camden Street, in Dublin on March 5, 1841. He is buried at Saint Werburgh's Churchyard in Dublin, Ireland. ^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Index to prerogative wills http://census.nationalarchives.ie/reels/dw/IRE_DIOC_007246543_00284.pdf

• Find A Grave, database and images (accessed 30 August 2018), memorial page for Rev Hosea Guinness (12 Jul 1765–5 Mar 1841)', Find A Grave: Memorial #138247770, citing Saint Werburgh's Church, Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland ; Maintained by Donald L Reid (contributor 48130349) .

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Guinness Sir Arthur Guinness

• Platt, Lyman, "Irish Records Extraction," database (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999).

• Ancestry Family Tree ($), http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=16544779&pid=541104131.

• Marriage:

Name: Rev Hosea Guinness

Residence Place: Bray

Marriage Date: 23 Jan 1794

Spouse: Miss Hart

Father: Guinness

Father In Law: Hart

Record Type: Marriage

Title: Index to the Births, Marriages, and Deaths in Anthologia Hibernica, 1793-1794. Source Information: Ancestry.com. Ireland, Marriages in Walker's Hibernian Magazine, 1771-1812 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. This collection was indexed by Ancestry World Archives Project contributors. Original data: Farrar, Henry. Irish Marriages: Being an Index to the Marriages in Walker's Hibernian Magazine, 1771 to 1812. London, England: Phillimore & Co., 1897.

• Selina Guinness Contact Address: Tibradden, Mutton Lane, Rathfarnham, Dublin 16. Email: selina.guinness@iadt.ie Telephone: 083 1009099

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