Arthur Guinness Arthur Guinness Arthur Guinness (24 September 1725 – 23 January 1803) was an Irish brewer and the founder of the Guinness brewery business and family. He was also an entrepreneur and philanthropist. At 27, in 1752, Guinness's godfather Arthur Price, the Church of Ireland Archbishop of Cashel, bequeathed him £100 in his will. Guinness invested the money and in 1755 had a brewery at Leixlip, just 17 km from Dublin. In 1759, Guinness went to the city and set up his own business. He took a 9,000-year lease on the brewery at St. James's Gate from the descendants of Sir
Medal "In Commemoration of the 1500th Anniversary of Kiev" behalf of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR. The medal was worn on the left side of the chest and in the presence of other medals of the Soviet Union, was located immediately after the Medal "In Commemoration of the 250th Anniversary of Leningrad". If worn in the presence of medals and Orders of the Russian Federation, the latter have precedence. The Medal "In Commemoration of the 1500th Anniversary of Kiev" was a 32mm in diameter circular brass medal. The obverse bears the relief image of deployed banners and divergent beams as a background to the Kiev