In 1967 he married Valerie Susan North of Rougham Hall, Norfolk. The couple had three children, a daughter Lucy and sons Rupert and Peter.[1] She died in March 2014.
Guinness was a member of the National Portrait Development Committee[3] and had a deep interest in and knowledge of portraiture, particularly British historical portraits. He was also a member of the East Anglia Regional Committee of the National Trust from 1989 to 1994.
For many years he lived at the Tudor palace of East Barsham Manor, near Fakenham in Norfolk, selling it on his wife's death.[6]
john, guinness, irish, banker, john, henry, guinness, john, ralph, sidney, guinness, december, 1935, july, 2020, british, civil, servant, businessman, contents, education, family, career, honours, heritage, interests, referenceseducation, family, editguinness,. For the Irish banker see John Henry Guinness Sir John Ralph Sidney Guinness CB 23 December 1935 27 July 2020 1 was a British civil servant and businessman Contents 1 Education and family 2 Career 3 Honours 4 Heritage interests 5 ReferencesEducation and family editGuinness was educated at Rugby School and Trinity Hall Cambridge In 1967 he married Valerie Susan North of Rougham Hall Norfolk The couple had three children a daughter Lucy and sons Rupert and Peter 1 She died in March 2014 Career editGuinness had previously been a member of HM Diplomatic Service and had worked in the Cabinet Office inter alia involved in the setting up of the National Heritage Memorial Fund and had been Permanent Secretary of the Department of Energy 2 from 1991 to 1992 3 and Chairman of British Nuclear Fuels Ltd from 1992 to 1993 2 3 Honours editIn 1985 he was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath 4 In the 1999 New Year Honours list he was appointed a Knight Bachelor 5 Heritage interests editHe was a trustee of the Royal Collection Trust and a governor of Compton Verney Guinness was a member of the National Portrait Development Committee 3 and had a deep interest in and knowledge of portraiture particularly British historical portraits He was also a member of the East Anglia Regional Committee of the National Trust from 1989 to 1994 For many years he lived at the Tudor palace of East Barsham Manor near Fakenham in Norfolk selling it on his wife s death 6 He died on 27 July 2020 7 References edit a b Sir John Ralph Sidney Guinness ThePeerage a b Nuclear power for civil servant John Guinness appointed chairman of British Nuclear Fuel PLC to replace Christopher Harding at the end of March next year The Engineer 1 August 1991 Archived from the original on 4 November 2012 Retrieved 14 August 2010 a b c National Maritime Museum Trustees Number10 gov uk 24 February 2005 Archived from the original on 12 November 2009 Retrieved 14 August 2010 Page 3 Supplement 50154 15 June 1985 London Gazette the Gazette Page 2 Supplement 55354 31 December 1998 London Gazette the Gazette Cumming Ed For sale Tudor home that hosted Henry VIII and his tragic queens Daily Telegraph Archived from the original on 29 June 2014 Guinness nbsp This article about a person involved in governance in the United Kingdom or its predecessor states is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title John Guinness amp oldid 1108297408, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
