Directors' Dealings

Diageo PLC
23 November 1999

    
RE:  CHAPTER 16 PARAGRAPH 13
     CONTINUING OBLIGATIONS

Diageo  plc (the 'Company') announces that the  directors
mentioned  below are participants in the Diageo  Dividend
Reinvestment Plan and ordinary shares of 28 101/108 pence
('Ordinary  Shares') were purchased on 15  November  1999
(with  a settlement date of 22 November 1999) at a  price
of  £5.70 in respect of the final ordinary dividend  paid
on 15 November 1999:

Name of Director  No. of Ordinary Shares
                  
J B McGrath       463
N C Rose          172
Lord Blyth        206
Sir George Bull   1,852

As   a  result  of  these  transactions,  the  respective
directors'  interests  in the Company's  Ordinary  Shares
(excluding options, awards under the Company's LTIPs  and
also  share interests as potential beneficiaries  of  the
Diageo  Employee Benefit Trust, the Diageo plc QUEST  and
the  Grand  Metropolitan No.2 Employee Share Trust)  have
increased to the following:

Name of Director  No. of Ordinary Shares
                  
J B McGrath       28,382 (of which 2,500 are held as a
                  non-beneficial interest)
N C Rose          13,145
Lord Blyth        10,206
Sir George Bull   523,491 (of which 430,827 are held as a
                  non-beneficial interest)