Aileen Guinness

Aileen Sibell Mary (born 16 May 1904) was the eldest and most beautiful of the trio and specialised in parties. As chatelaine of Luttrellstown Castle (which was given to her as a wedding present when she married Hon. Brinsley Sheridan Bushe Plunket), just outside Dublin, she indulged her passion for letting her hair down. A nightclub was established in a castle dungeon, and in the swinging '60s her "floor parties" were famous. Everyone sat around and ate on the floor.  She made it famous as a venue for parties with exotic guests, such as Prince rainier and Princess Grace of Monaco, Queen Marguerite of Denmark and actors such as David Niven and President-to-be Ronald Regan.   Guests incapable of driving home after a party were accommodated in one of the castle's many bedrooms and wakened at 11am by a footman (in livery) presenting a Pink Special - a Bloody Mary - to speed recovery. 

Not that everyone was totally enchanted with Aileen. One dismissed maid used her notice period to teach the parrot (successfully) to repeat "F**k Madam".

Flight Lieutenant in the RAF Vol. Reserve 2 3
Burial: Khartoum War Cemetery, Sudan


Aileen died in 1998 at the age of 94.