Edward Augustine
McGuire
Male
Ireland
1908-08-28
Tramore, County Waterford, Ireland
1992-10-27
Dublin, Ireland
By Ross O’Sullivan BBS (Hons) (Mgt) MIPAV MMCEI
Edward Augustine McGuire was an artist, businessman, politician and tennis player. McGuire was educated at Douai School in Woolhampton, England. He was elected to the 6th Seanad [Irish Senate] in 1948 by the Taoiseach [Irish Prime Minister], was nominated to the 7th Seanad in 1951 by the Industrial and Commercial Panel, and re-elected in 1954, 1957 and 1961. He eventually lost his seat in the 1965 Seanad election.
As a businessman he was the owner of Brown Thomas, along with several other investments including Newtown Park House in Blackrock, County Dublin. Under the proprietorship of McGuire, Newtown Park House swiftly became the perfect background for his developing collection of 17th and 18th century European works of art, as well as a collection of Irish furniture and Chinese porcelain.
McGuire had an incredible knowledge of the artistic dynamics in Ireland prior to World War II. This was a prolific time for the development of collections, as so many of Ireland’s foremost houses were being sold off. During the 1930s, he was one of the few forerunners interested in the history of Irish painters and some of his respected articles on Irish pastellistes appeared in journals such as the Connoisseur. Many pastels by Hugh Douglas Hamilton and other Dublin artists were represented in his collection, and the influence of his interests can be seen in his works, including those consigned to this sale.
McGuire is celebrated as one of the fathers of modern artistic appreciation in Ireland and over the span of his life there were practically no governance in relation to artist on the Island, in which he was not involved in. He was on Ireland’s first Arts Council, the Cultural Relations Committee and on the Board of Governors and Guardians of the National Gallery of Ireland throughout the course of his life. His work Ecce Homo (Lot 99) exhibited in The Exhibition of Living Art (1950) being an example of this involvement.
1921 - 1935
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79
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1932 - Irish Hard Court Championships (Amateur)
1931 - Irish Championships (Amateur)
1931 - Irish National Championships (Amateur)
1929 - Irish Hard Court Championships (Amateur)
1924 - East of Ireland Championships (Amateur)
Round 1
S.H. Scroope 1 *
Edward McGuire
w.o.
Round 1
Edward McGuire 1 *
Robert Bryan Pringle
6-1
6-1
6-0
Round 2
Edward McGuire 1 *
F. Egan
6-0
6-0
6-1
Round 3
Edward McGuire 1 *
Harry C. Brown
6-2
6-4
6-2
Quarterfinals
Edward McGuire 1 *
Thomas John Berchmans S Hannin
6-0
6-0
6-1
Semifinals
Dave N. Jones jr 1 *
Edward McGuire
10-8
6-3
2-6
5-7
6-2
Round 1
Edward McGuire 1 *
D.S. Wedderburn
6-2
6-0
Round 2
Colin Robbins 1 *
Edward McGuire
6-4
6-1
Semifinals
Edward McGuire 1 *
Denis D. O'Sullivan
4-6
10-8
6-4
Final
George McVeagh 1 *
Edward McGuire
6-4
6-3
6-3
Quarterfinals
Gregory S. Mangin 1 *
Edward McGuire
7-5
6-3
2-6
6-3
Final
Anker Jacobsen 1 *
Edward McGuire
7-5
1-6
6-2
Semifinals
Edward McGuire 1 *
Dr Alfred Eustace Fannin
6-2
6-1
Final
Edward McGuire 1 *
Denis D. O'Sullivan
7-5
6-2
6-0
Round 1
Edward McGuire 1 *
Edward (Teddy) Higgs
6-4
2-6
6-3
ret.
Round 2
Ian Collins 1 *
Edward McGuire
7-5
5-7
3-6
6-2
6-3
Round 1
Edward McGuire 1 *
T.J. MacLaughlin
w.o.
Round 2
Edward McGuire 1 *
J.F. Donnelly
6-0
6-0
6-2
Round 3
Edward McGuire 1 *
Harry C. Brown
6-2
6-3
6-4
Quarterfinals
Edward McGuire 1 *
Robert Bryan Pringle
6-0
9-7
6-0
Semifinals
Edward McGuire 1 *
George McVeagh
6-2
6-2
7-5
Final
Edward McGuire 1 *
Harry F. Cronin
6-2
6-2
6-3
Poule
Herman David 1 *
Edward McGuire
6-3
unfinished
Poule
Ted Avory 1 *
Edward McGuire
7-5
6-4
Poule
Herman David 1 *
Edward McGuire
4-6
7-5
6-4
Round 1
Edward McGuire 1 *
R.L. Birmingham
6-2
6-1
6-2
Round 2
Edward McGuire 1 *
F.A. Redmond
6-0
6-0
6-1
Round 3
Edward McGuire 1 *
T.V. Murphy
6-0
6-2
3-6
6-4
Quarterfinals
Edward McGuire 1 *
Eric Horsbrugh Porter
6-2
6-1
6-1
Semifinals
Pat Hughes 1 *
Edward McGuire
6-2
8-6
4-6
6-4
Semifinals
John Colin Gregory 1 *
Edward McGuire
4-6
6-1
6-3
Round 1
Heinrich Kleinschroth 1 *
Edward McGuire
1-6
6-3
3-6
6-4
6-3
Round 1
Edward McGuire 1 *
C.A. Jackson
6-2
6-3
6-2
Round 2
Edward McGuire 1 *
Ernest Stewart Tweedy
6-4
6-3
6-0
Round 3
Edward McGuire 1 *
Archibald Alexander Hamilton
6-1
6-1
6-2
Quarterfinals
Edward McGuire 1 *
M.J. Hogan
6-3
7-5
6-3
Semifinals
George E. Lyttleton-Rogers 1 *
Edward McGuire
6-8
7-5
6-3
8-6
Round 1
Edward McGuire 1 *
Heinz Remmert
1-6
8-6
6-1
Round 2
Ludwig Lorenz 1 *
Edward McGuire
4-6
6-2
6-1
Final
Edward McGuire 1 *
David Plaistowe
6-3
6-2
6-3
Round 2
Edward McGuire 1 *
G.J. Scally
6-2
6-2
6-2
Round 3
Edward McGuire 1 *
F.J. McCabe
6-2
6-1
6-1
Quarterfinals
Edward McGuire 1 *
M.J. Hogan
6-0
6-4
6-4
Semifinals
George E. Lyttleton-Rogers 1 *
Edward McGuire
10-8
6-1
6-3
Semifinals
Pat Hughes 1 *
Edward McGuire
6-4
6-3
Round 1
Edward McGuire 1 *
Theodore Mavrogordato
6-2
9-7
1-6
7-5
Round 2
Edward McGuire 1 *
George Cholmondeley
14-12
6-1
6-3
Round 3
Christian Boussus 1 *
Edward McGuire
6-2
5-7
6-0
6-1
Round 1
Edward McGuire 1 *
J.H. Daly
6-2
6-1
6-2
Round 2
Edward McGuire 1 *
Harold Robert Price
5-7
6-1
6-2
6-2
Round 3
Gordon Crole-Rees 1 *
Edward McGuire
6-3
6-2
4-6
6-2
Semifinals
F.K. Patterson 1 *
Edward McGuire
8-6
9-7
Round 1
Edward McGuire 1 *
F.K. Patterson
6-2
7-5
6-4
Round 2
Edward McGuire 1 *
Maxwell Howard Toppin
6-2
6-3
6-3
Quarterfinals
Edward McGuire 1 *
Gerald Sherwell
7-5
6-1
6-3
Semifinals
Charles Frederick Scroope 1 *
Edward McGuire
6-3
6-2
6-4
Semifinals
Edward McGuire 1 *
Simon Frederick Scroope
4-6
6-3
6-2
Final
Louis Meldon 1 *
Edward McGuire
6-2
6-4
Round 1
Dick Williams jr 1 *
Edward McGuire
6-1
6-4
6-2
Round 1
Edward McGuire 1 *
William L. Bown
6-3
6-1
Round 2
Edward McGuire 1 *
George Anthony Greig
6-2
ret.
Round 3
R.F. Cameron 1 *
Edward McGuire
6-2
10-8
Round 1
Edward McGuire 1 *
J.L. Forster
6-3
6-0
Round 2
Edward McGuire 1 *
Jack Hillyard
w.o.
Round 3
A. Félix Poulin 1 *
Edward McGuire
1-6
6-2
9-7
Round 1
Edward McGuire 1 *
Henry Bertram Foy
6-0
6-0
6-1
Round 2
Edward McGuire 1 *
H.J. McCormick
6-3
6-0
6-4
Round 3
Edward McGuire 1 *
William G. (Bunny) Ireland
4-6
7-5
6-0
6-3
Quarterfinals
Edward McGuire 1 *
Dr Richard Edward Tottenham
8-6
6-2
1-6
6-2
Semifinals
Edward McGuire 1 *
Edmund Joseph Mockler
6-4
6-4
7-9
5-7
10-8
Final
Louis Meldon 1 *
Edward McGuire
6-0
6-1
6-2
Semifinals
Gervase William Scroope 1 *
Edward McGuire
6-4
8-6
3-6
6-1
Semifinals
Edward McGuire 1 *
G.W. Kennedy
6-3
6-1
Final
Edward McGuire 1 *
John Felix O'Connell (Jack) Miley
6-3
6-4
6-4
Round 1
Edward McGuire 1 *
Captain P. Honner
6-2
8-6
6-
Round 2
Edward McGuire 1 *
R.T. Cherry
6-3
6-1
6-0
Round 3
Edward McGuire 1 *
G.W. Murray
6-1
2-6
6-2
6-1
Quarterfinals
Dr. George Eric Mackay 1 *
Edward McGuire
6-2
6-2
11-9
Round 1
Cecil Campbell 1 *
Edward McGuire
6-1
6-2
6-1