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A pint, a jemmy, and a lemonade for the young fella

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

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• Suck Diesel said:

  “Edward Cecil Guinness, 1st Earl of Iveagh, KP, GCVO, FRS (10 November 1847 – 7 October 1927) was an Anglo-Irish businessman and philanthropist. A member of the prominent Guinness family, he was the head of the family's eponymous brewing business, making him the richest man in Ireland”
  
  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Guinness,_1st_Earl_of_Iveagh

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• National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:

  Suck Diesel Had to look up KP, and GCVO. For those of us equally challenged, they were Knight of the Order of St. Patrick, and a Knight of the Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order.

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• John Spooner said:

  An article in the Manchester Courier - Wednesday 15 March 1876 began:
  

  FANCY DRESS BALL AT DUBLIN CASTLE.
  The fancy dress ball which took place on Saturday night Dublin Castle, was the first held at the Viceregal Court of Dublin. A children's fancy ball was given by Lord Mulgrave, but it bore no semblance to this splendid pageant. Every one who attended was in fancy dress, with the exception of the Lord Mayor, the judges, and the officers of the garrison. No Court, naval or civil uniform of this century, was allowed.

  
  No mention specifically of these two, but other Jamesons and Guinnesses are namechecked.