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The Hon. Desmond Walter Guinness〔(Hon. Desmond Walter Guinness (thepeerage.com) )〕 (born 8 September 1931) is an Irish author on Georgian art and architecture and a conservationist. He was the second son of the author and brewer Bryan Guinness, 2nd Baron Moyne and Diana Mitford (later Lady Mosley). He was educated at Eton, Gordonstoun and Christ Church, Oxford.〔(Home )〕 In 1958 he bought Leixlip Castle, Leixlip, County Kildare, Ireland, where he continues to live with his second wife, the former Penelope Cuthbertson, whom he married in 1984. As a member of the extended Guinness family he has a number of well-known relatives, such as Garech Browne. He has been Master of the North Kildare Harriers. ==Irish Georgian Society== He and his first wife, Mariga (the former Princess Marie Gabrielle of Urach), founded the Irish Georgian Society in April 1958 to help to preserve Irish architecture of all periods. This was timely as the Irish planning laws were enacted only from 1963.〔(Archiseek.com 404 Error )〕 The IGS became involved in numerous projects and started publishing quarterly bulletins. Some early preservations or campaigns were at: Damer House (Tipperary), The Conolly Folly (Kildare), Mountjoy Square, Tailors' Hall, Hume Street (Dublin) and the Dromana Gateway, (Waterford). The IGS also held Georgian cricket matches played to the rules of 1744. In 1967–79 the Guinnesses bought and started to preserve Castletown House, in Celbridge, Kildare, said to be the finest Palladian house in Ireland.〔(Castletown House, Co Kildare (Alessandro Galilei & Edward Lovett Pearce) – Irish Architecture )〕〔http://www.heritageireland.ie/en/HistoricSites/East/CastletownKildare/ 〕 In more recent years he has founded a scholarship for students of architecture.〔(Contemporary and Historical Irish Architecture and Architects – Archeire – Irish Architecture Online )〕〔http://www.igs/publications/2005_spring.pdf 〕 His conservation work has been recognised by many American and English cultural groups, and Europa Nostra. In 1980 he was made an honorary Doctor of Laws at Trinity College Dublin. In 2001 he was made an honorary member of the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland and was awarded the gold medal of the Eire Society of Boston.〔http://www.eiresociety.org/esevents-goldmedal.html〕 In 2006 he was presented with a Europa Nostra award by the Queen of Spain. In 2010 he headed the Saint Patrick's Day parade in Seattle.〔(Parade Grand Marshals )〕 In June 2014 he was awarded an honorary lifetime membership of the Royal Dublin Society.〔Irish Times, 27 June 2014〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Desmond Guinness」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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