5. PURCHASED BY
LORD ARDILAUN

Lord Ardilaun, Arthur Edward Guinness (1840-1915), was a member of the famous brewing family. A staunch Tory, he was a successful businessman, philanthropist and MP. Ardilaun’s wife, Olivia, was a niece of Colonel Henry Arthur Herbert, the man responsible for building the present Muckross House. It is likely that this family connection was the reason that Ardilaun purchased the Muckross property in 1899.

 

However, the couple did not reside at Muckross. In 1911 Ardilaun sold the property to William Bowers Bourn, a wealthy American.