Arthur Guinness (New Zealand politician)

{{Short description|New Zealand politician}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=August 2014}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}} {{Infobox officeholder |honorific_prefix = [[The Honourable]] |name = Sir Arthur Guinness |honorific_suffix = |image = Arthur Robert Guinness, 1900s.jpg |alt = |caption = Arthur Guinness in the 1900s |order = 7th [[Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives|Speaker of the House of Representatives]] |prime_minister = [[Richard Seddon]] |term_start = 1903 |term_end = 10 June 1913 |predecessor = [[Maurice O'Rorke]] |successor = [[Frederic Lang]] |constituency_MP2 = [[Grey (New Zealand electorate)|Grey]] (previously [[Grey (New Zealand electorate)|Greymouth]]) |parliament2 = New Zealand |majority2 = |term_start2 = [[1884 New Zealand general election|1884]] |term_end2 = 10 June 1913 |successor2 = [[Paddy Webb]] |birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1846|01|11}} |birth_place = [[Kolkata|Calcutta]], India |death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1913|06|10|1846|01|11}} |death_place = |resting_place = |resting_place_coordinates = |birth_name = |party = [[New Zealand Liberal Party|Liberal]] |other_party =  |spouse = |partner =  |blank1 = Father |data1 = [[Frank Guinness]] |blank2 = |data2 = |blank3 = |data3 = |blank4 = |data4 = |blank5 = |data5 = }}

'''Sir Arthur Robert Guinness''' (11 January 1846 – 10 June 1913) was a New Zealand politician, and [[Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives|Speaker of the House of Representatives]].

==Personal information== He was born in [[Kolkata|Calcutta, India]], son of [[Frank Guinness]], who arrived at [[Lyttelton, New Zealand|Lyttelton]] by the ship ''Tory'' in August 1852.<ref name=CNZ105>{{cite book |title=The Cyclopedia of New Zealand : Wellington Provincial District |year=1897 |url= http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-Cyc01Cycl-t1-body-d3-d13-d5.html |publisher=[[The Cyclopedia of New Zealand]] |author=Cyclopedia Company Limited |access-date= 17 July 2012 |location=Wellington |chapter=Mr. Arthur Robert Guinness |page=105}}</ref> He was educated at [[Christ's College, Christchurch]] 1854–1859 (being no. 31 on the list).<ref>{{cite book |title = The School list of Christ's College, 1850 to 1995 |edition = 9th |place = Christchurch, [N.Z.] |publisher=Christ’s College Old Boys' Association |year = 1997}}</ref> He received his legal education from Edward Harston and then from [[Francis James Garrick|Garrick]] and [[William Cowlishaw|Cowlishaw]],{{sfn|Scholefield|1940|p=179}} before being admitted to the bar in 1867.{{sfn|Scholefield|1940|pp=335f}} He then practised as a barrister and solicitor in [[Greymouth]],{{sfn|Scholefield|1940|pp=335f}} where he served on the [[Westland Province|Westland Provincial Council]] from 1874 to 1876,{{sfn|Scholefield|1950|p=244}} and was then a member of the [[Grey County, New Zealand|Grey County Council]] from 1876 to 1890, including nine as its chair.{{sfn|Scholefield|1940|pp=335f}}

==Member of Parliament== {{NZ parlbox header|nolist=true|align=left}} {{NZ parlbox |start={{NZ election link year|1884}} |end=1887 |term=9th |electorate=[[Grey (New Zealand electorate)|Greymouth]] |party=Independent politician }} {{NZ parlbox |start={{NZ election link year|1887}} |end=1890 |term=10th |electorate=Greymouth |party=Independent politician }} {{NZ parlbox |start={{NZ election link year|1890}} |end=1893 |term=11th |electorate=[[Grey (New Zealand electorate)|Grey]] |party=New Zealand Liberal Party }} {{NZ parlbox |start={{NZ election link year|1893}} |end=1896 |term=12th |electorate=Grey |party=New Zealand Liberal Party }} {{NZ parlbox |start={{NZ election link year|1896}} |end=1899 |term=13th |electorate=Grey |party=New Zealand Liberal Party }} {{NZ parlbox |start={{NZ election link year|1899}} |end=1902 |term=14th |electorate=Grey |party=New Zealand Liberal Party }} {{NZ parlbox |start={{NZ election link year|1902}} |end=1905 |term=15th |electorate=Grey |party=New Zealand Liberal Party }} {{NZ parlbox |start={{NZ election link year|1905}} |end=1908 |term=16th |electorate=Grey |party=New Zealand Liberal Party }} {{NZ parlbox |start={{NZ election link year|1908}} |end=1911 |term=17th |electorate=Grey |party=New Zealand Liberal Party }} {{NZ parlbox |start={{NZ election link year|1911}} |end=1913 |term=18th |electorate=Grey |party=New Zealand Liberal Party }} {{End}} Guinness first stood for two-member [[Grey (New Zealand electorate)|Grey Valley]] in the [[1875–1876 New Zealand general election|1876 election]] and out of the four candidates, he came last.<ref>{{cite news |title=Grey Valley Election |url= https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=GRA18760118.2.9 |access-date=4 March 2014 |work=Grey River Argus |date=18 January 1876 |volume=XXI |issue=2321 |page=2}}</ref> In his second attempt in {{NZ election link year|1884}}, he defeated the incumbent, [[Joseph Petrie]], in the single-member electorate that was by now called [[Grey (New Zealand electorate)|Greymouth]].{{sfn|Scholefield|1940|pp=335f}} He remained a member of the [[New Zealand House of Representatives|House of Representatives]] for Greymouth until 1890, and then represented the [[Grey (New Zealand electorate)|Grey electorate]] until his death in 1913. He belonged to the [[New Zealand Liberal Party|Liberal Party]].{{sfn|Wilson|1985|p=201}}

He was [[Chairman of Committees (New Zealand House of Representatives)|Chairman of Committees]] from 1893 to 1902,{{sfn|Wilson|1985|p=252}} then the 7th [[Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives|Speaker of the House of Representatives]] from 1903 until his death in 1913.{{sfn|Wilson|1985|p=250}} Upon the death of [[William Steward (New Zealand politician)|William Steward]] on 30 October 1912, he became [[Father of the House#New Zealand|Father of the House]].<ref name="Guinness obit">{{cite news |title=The Late Sir Arthur Guinness |url= https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=TC19130618.2.97.3 |access-date=18 July 2012 |work=Colonist |volume=LV |issue=13752 |date=18 June 1913 |page=1}}</ref> When he died, his replacement from the [[1913 Grey by-election|Grey by-election]] was [[Paddy Webb]], who was elected on the second ballot with Liberal support.{{sfn|Wilson|1985|p=244}}

==Family== [[File:Arms of Guinness.svg|thumb|200px|Arms granted to Guinness's<br>grandfather Hosea Guinness in 1814]] In 1875, Guinness married Elisabeth Westbrook, daughter of Mr James Westbrook of [[Launceston, Tasmania|Launceston]].<ref name=CNZ105/> He was [[Knight Bachelor|knighted]] in the [[1911 Coronation Honours]].{{sfn|Wilson|1985|p=201}} Guinness died on 10 June 1913 and is buried at Greymouth Cemetery.<ref>{{cite news |title=The Late Sir A. R. Guinness |url= https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=GRA19130613.2.21.3 |access-date=25 August 2014 |work=Grey River Argus |date=13 June 1913 |page=4}}</ref>

He was a great-grandson of his namesake the [[Dublin]] brewer [[Arthur Guinness]] (1725–1803).

==Notes== {{Reflist}}

==References== {{Commons category|Arthur Guinness (New Zealand politician)|Arthur Guinness}} *{{citation |title = Who's who in New Zealand and the western Pacific 1908 |place = Wellington, [N.Z.] |publisher=Gordon & Gotch |year = 1908}} *{{citation |first = Frederick A. |last = Kitchingman |title = Guinness and his days |place = Greymouth, [N.Z.] |work=Greymouth Evening Star|year = 1965}} *{{cite book | editor-last = Scholefield | editor-first = Guy | editor-link = Guy Scholefield | title = A Dictionary of New Zealand Biography : A–L | volume = I | year = 1940 | publisher = [[Department of Internal Affairs (New Zealand)|Department of Internal Affairs]] | location = Wellington | url = https://nzhistory.govt.nz/sites/default/files/documents/dnzb-1940/scholefield-dnzb-v1.pdf | access-date = 6 October 2013}} *{{cite book |author-link = Guy Scholefield | last = Scholefield | first= Guy | title = New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1949 | edition = 3rd | orig-year=First published in 1913 | year = 1950 |publisher = Govt. Printer |location = Wellington}} *{{cite book |last= Wilson |first= Jim | author-link=Jim Wilson (librarian) |title= New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 |edition= 4th |orig-year=First published in 1913 |year= 1985 |publisher=V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer |location= Wellington |oclc=154283103}}

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