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Arthur Guinness assassination plot in House of Guinness explored
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WARNING: THIS ARTICLE CONTAINS SPOILERS.
House of Guinness, available on Netflix, is the latest historical drama from Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight and it’s already climbing the popularity charts.
The series tells the true story of the Guinness family, focusing on how four siblings – Arthur Guinness, Anne Guinness, Edward Guinness and Benjamin Guinness, were compelled to carry on their father’s legacy.
Anthony Boyle, who portrays the eldest son Arthur in the series, has already voiced his enthusiasm for a potential second season following the suspenseful ending.
The drama reveals how the Fenian Brotherhood aimed to strip all power from the Guinness family, believing that the voices of Irish people were being overlooked, reports the Mirror.
In the final moments of the show, Patrick Cochrane (Seamus O’Hara), a fervent supporter of the Irish Republican cause, attempts to shoot Arthur – but did this event actually occur?
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Was Arthur Guinness assassinated?
While the series finale was filled with tension, the attempted assassination of Arthur Guinness did not happen in reality.
Although the real Arthur Guinness was politically active, taking over his father’s seat in Parliament, he was not killed as a result.
In 1868, he was elected as a Conservative Member of Parliament for the City of Dublin, a position he held for just a year.
As depicted in the series, his election agent had unlawfully paid individuals to vote for him, an illegal act of which Arthur was unaware. He was re-elected at the subsequent election in 1874.
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He died in January 1915 at his residence in St Anne’s, Raheny, with the cause of death remaining a mystery.
His funeral was graced by representatives from the Royal Dublin Society, an organisation he had presided over for numerous years.
In 1876, he stepped back from the Guinness company, selling his half-share to his brother Edward for a hefty £600,000.
One of his most notable contributions during his lifetime was the generous donation of St Stephen’s Green, the central public park, to the Dublin Corporation for public use.
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