Arthur Edward Guinness, the 4th Earl of Iveagh, was born in Dublin, raised at Farmleigh and educated in Ireland and England. Ned is a farmer at Elveden, Suffolk and Co. Meath, Ireland. He is active in the promotion of Guinness beer, the interests of social housing and community amenities in central Dublin.

Antonia Hart is an Irish historian and writer. She is the author of Ghost Signs of Dublin and The Commercial Lives of Irish Women 1850-1922: Business as Usual.