Directors' Dealings

DIAGEO PLC
20 September 1999
     

RE:  CHAPTER 16 PARAGRAPH 13
     CONTINUING OBLIGATIONS

Diageo  plc  (the 'Company') announces that  it  received
notification  on  17 September 1999  that  Mr  William  S
Shanahan purchased 700 ADS's (American Depositary Shares)
at  a  price  of $43.125 and 1,300 ADS's at  a  price  of
$43.1875.   One  ADS is the equivalent of  four  Ordinary
Shares of 28 101/108 pence.

As a result of this transaction, Mr Shanahan's beneficial
interests in the Company's Ordinary Shares now  stand  at
2,000 ADS's.