Overview
- Viewer interest in the Netflix drama has driven explainers that detail the real Arthur Guinness’s private life and family status.
- Reports citing The Irish Times note that Arthur Guinness, known as Lord Ardilaun, married Lady Olivia Charlotte Hedges-White in 1871 and had no children.
- Historical accounts referenced in UK coverage describe the union as arranged and unconventional, with some sources suggesting it did not involve sex.
- Olivia remained married to Arthur until his death in 1915, later living at St Anne’s and then Dublin’s Shelbourne Hotel, where she died at 75.
- As context, Arthur was Benjamin Lee Guinness’s eldest son, shared ownership of the brewery with his brother Edward, and faced pressure to follow his father into Parliament.