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Guinness was born Alec Guinness de Cuffe at 155 Lauderdale Mansions South, [1] Lauderdale Road, in Maida Vale, London. [2] His mother's maiden name was Agnes Cuff, born on 8 December 1890 to Edward Charles Cuff, a sometime lifeguard at Bournemouth who had served in the Royal Navy, [3] and Mary Ann, née Benfield, of a family of stonemasons and ...
David Fowler, Shutterstock. 2. He Didn’t Know Who His Father Was. Alec Guinness was born on April 2, 1914 in London, England, but there was something missing from his birth certificate. Mom listed her own name as Agnes de Cuffe, and the baby’s first and second names as Alec Guinness. What was missing was dad.
Alec Guinness was born Alec Guinness de Cuffe, to Agnes Cuff in Paddington, London, on April 2, 1914. There is no accurate information about the identity of his father. Guinness completed his early education at ‘Fettes College.’
– Alec Guinness. Alec’s childhood was far from happy. He was born, 2 April 1914; no father was mentioned on his birth certificate. His mother and stepfather displayed little love or concern and his schooling was nondescript. When Alec reached adulthood, he cut off connections with his mother.
Aug 5, 2000 · The identity of Guinness's father has never been officially confirmed. Guinness himself believed that his father was a Scottish banker, Andrew Geddes (1861–1928), who paid for Guinness's boarding-school education at Pembroke Lodge, in Southborne, and Roborough, in Eastbourne. Geddes occasionally visited Guinness and his mother, posing as an ...
- London, England
- Merula Sylvia Guinness
- England
- April 2, 1914
Father. Alec Guinness. Relatives. Nesta Guinness-Walker (grandson) Matthew Guinness (born 6 June 1940) is an English actor. He portrayed the part of the Farmer in the 1976 film Nuts in May, appears in Ridley Scott 's The Duellists (1977) and had a small role in 1986's Lady Jane. He has also worked extensively in theatre.
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Aug 8, 2000 · The name on the birth certificate was Alec Guinness de Cuffe; his mother was entered as Miss Agnes Cuffe; his father remained a blank. "My father generated me in his 64th year," Guinness explained ...
