Today will mark 300 years since Arthur Guinness, the inventor of the famous stout, was born.

In 1759 he founded the Guinness Brewery at St. James’s Gate in Dublin and while his business took off, it was his grandson Benjamin who oversaw its expansion.

In his lifetime the businessman made a fortune, eventually leaving behind £162million in today’s money by the time of his death in 1868.

His will sparked fury between his children – Arthur, Edward, Anne and Benjamin – who were each left maddened at what they were left and, in the case of two of them, being absolutely nothing.

Their story is told in Netflix’s new period drama House of Guinness, which was created by Peaky Blinders’ Steven Knight.

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The series starts soon after Sir Benjamin’s de

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