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History of the company/bank and archive description for Guinness Limited
History of the
company/bank:		 Arthur Guinness acquired a brewery at St. Jamesīs Gate in Dublin, Ireland, in 1759. By the end of the 18th century he was specialising in a popular black beer known as porter or stout. This is today known as Guinness, after our founder, and sold in over 150 countries.
The company was floated on the London Stock Exchange in 1886 by which time it was exporting to all continents and was the largest brewery in the world. In 1936 the Guinness brewery at Park Royal in London was opened.
From the early 1960s Guinness has built breweries overseas (in Nigeria, Malaysia, Cameroon and Ghana), established many contact brewing or marketing operations overseas and acquired majority shareholdings in Grupo Cruzcampo (Spain) 1991 and Desnoes & Geddes (Jamaica) 1993. In 1985 & 1986 Guinness Plc. acquired two distilling companies and set up separate brewing and distilling divisions. The brewing division was formerly called Guinness Brewing Worldwide Ltd. and is now Guinness Limited.
Besides Guinness stout, many other brands are produced by Guinness Limited companies around the world including Kilkenny Irish Beer, Harp, Red Stripe & Cruzcampo lagers, and Kaliber Non-Alcoholic lager.
Guinness was the first brewer to develop a "widget" draught can for which in 1991 the company received the Queenīs Award for Technological Achievement.
In Dec 1997 Guinness Plc merged with Grand Metropolitan Plc to form Diageo Plc which is now the parent company of Guinness Limited.
Archive description The Guinness Archives (about 2,000 linear feet) at Park Royal contain the statutory records of Guinness Plc. from 1886 to 1997 and the business records of the Park Royal Brewery and Guinness Ltd. (headquartered at Park Royal) from the mid 1930s. Some records are also held relating to overseas operations.
Records for Guinness in Ireland are at the St. Jamesīs Gate Brewery, Dublin 8, Ireland.
Our holdings are particularly strong in advertising and packaging material including television and print advertising, artifacts, bottles, labels, etc. Some material also relates to the Guinness Book of Records.
A leaflet is available about the Archives. Holdings are catalogued on a database.

For the archives held at the Guinness brewery in Ireland, contact:

Teresa OīDonnell, Guinness Ireland Archivist
St. Jamesīs Gate Brewery
Dublin 8
Ireland

Tel.: +44 / 35 31 / 45 36 700 ex. 45 57
Fax.: +44 / 35 31 / 40 84 965

For the archives of Diageoīs spirits division, United Distillers and Vintners, contact:

Christine Jones
UDV Archive, Brands Publicity Scotland
Balfour Building, Banbeath, Leven, Fife,
Scotland KY78 5HD

Tel.: +44 / 13 33 / 43 30 40
Fax.: +44 / 13 33 / 42 39 15
Publications
  • Lynch , P. / Vaizey , J. : Guinnessīs Brewery in the Irish Economy 1759 - 1876. Cambridge University Press 1960.
  • Davies , J. : The Book of Guinness Advertising. 2nd edition, Guinness Publishing, 1998.
Conditions of use By prior appointment only and with permission of the company - apply to the Archivist for information. Photocopier available.

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