Bill Text: TX SR348 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Welcoming Patrick Guinness to the State Capitol.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-03-10 - Reported enrolled [SR348 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-SR348-Enrolled.html
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WHEREAS, Irish historian Patrick Guinness is visiting the | ||
State Capitol on March 23, 2015, and this is a fitting opportunity | ||
to pay tribute to this accomplished writer and scholar; and | ||
WHEREAS, The son of the Honorable Desmond Guinness, an | ||
architecture historian and conservationist, and Princess Henriette | ||
Marie-Gabrielle von Urach, Patrick Desmond Carl-Alexander Guinness | ||
is descended from the famous Guinness dynasty of brewers on his | ||
father's side and from European royalty on his mother's side; he was | ||
educated at Winchester College and Trinity College Dublin; and | ||
WHEREAS, A lawyer by training and a financial analyst by | ||
profession, Mr. Guinness is an expert on Irish history; he is the | ||
author of Arthur's Round: The Life and Times of Brewing Legend | ||
Arthur Guinness, a biography of his ancestor who founded the | ||
Guinness brewery; he has lectured on genetic genealogy as it | ||
pertains to the early history of Ireland, and he has supported | ||
academic research on Irish genetics; and | ||
WHEREAS, Raised in historic Leixlip Castle, Mr. Guinness | ||
has restored his current residence, Furness House, a Georgian | ||
country house in County Kildare dating from the 1730s; he is a | ||
member of the County Kildare Archaeological Society and the Order | ||
of Clans of Ireland, and he serves as a trustee of the Iveagh | ||
Trust and as president of the Irish Georgian Society, which was | ||
founded by his parents to help preserve Irish architecture; and | ||
WHEREAS, Just as Texans take great pride in the history of | ||
the Lone Star State, the people of Ireland are famously proud of | ||
their rich and ancient culture, and it is indeed a pleasure to | ||
recognize Patrick Guinness for his lifelong dedication to the | ||
study and preservation of the heritage of his native land; now, | ||
therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 84th | ||
Legislature, hereby welcome Patrick Guinness to the State | ||
Capitol and extend to him sincere best wishes for an enjoyable | ||
and memorable stay in Austin; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for | ||
Mr. Guinness as an expression of esteem from the Texas Senate. | ||
Watson | ||
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President of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that the | ||
above Resolution was adopted by | ||
the Senate on March 10, 2015. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
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Member, Texas Senate |