Author: Guinness, Jane Mary Lucretia
Biography:
GUINNESS, Jane Mary Lucretia, formerly D’ESTERRE, formerly CRAMER (1797-1868: ancestry.co.uk)
She was born in Kent, near Woolwich, to Maria (Madden) and William Cramer, a violinist and composer. She was baptised in Marylebone. Nothing is known of her early life before her marriage to John Norcott D’Esterre in Dublin in 1812. They had one daughter. D’Esterre served on the Dublin Corporation and took exception to comments by Daniel O’Connell about the Corporation. The two men fought a duel in Co. Kildare; D’Esterre’s shot fell short but he was wounded in the hip and died a few days later in Feb. 1815. In 1829 she married a widower, Captain John Grattan Guinness (d 1850); they had one daughter and three sons, including Henry Grattan Guinness (a missionary; see his entry in the ODNB). They lived at Dublin, Liverpool, Clifton, and Cheltenham. After Captain Guinness’s death in 1850, she remained in Cheltenham at 1 Wellington Square and died there. She is listed in census records as “proprietor of houses.” (ancestry.co.uk 4 Mar. 2021; ODNB [under Henry Grattan Guinness] 4 Mar. 2021; National Register 12 Feb. 1815)
Other Names:
- Mrs. John G. Guinness