Loel Patrick Guinness

Loel Patrick Guinness (born 22 October 1957) is an Irish philanthropist, film producer and adventurer. He is descended from Samuel Guinness, a Dublin goldsmith (1727–1795), the younger brother of the Guinness brewery's founder Arthur Guinness. In 2010, he married the Thai model Natanyawit Choomkomont (known as Tanya Guinness).

He is the son of Patrick Benjamin Guinness (1931–1965) and Dolores Guinness, born as Dolores Maria Agatha Wilhelmine Luise, Freiin von Fürstenberg-Hedringen (1936–2012). He has two sisters – Maria Alexandra (born 1956, married Foulques, Count de Quatrebarbes in 1979 and latterly Neville Cook) and Victoria Christina (born 1960, married Philip Niarchos, the renowned art collector).

His grandfather was Group Captain Thomas "Loel" Guinness (1906–1988) and his grandmother was Gloria Guinness (1912–1980), writer, fashion icon and socialite.

He is a nephew of Betsy von Furstenberg-Herdringen, Aga Khan IV, Franz-Egon, Freiherr von Fürstenberg-Hedringen, William Loel Seymour Guinness and Lindy Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, Marchioness of Dufferin and Ava, widow of Sheridan Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 5th Marquess of Dufferin and Ava.

Loel Guinness was educated in Switzerland, before going on to complete a BA at Trinity College, Connecticut and an MPhil at the University of Oxford (Oriental Institute).

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