Freddie Guest
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The Right Honourable Frederick Guest CBE DSO |
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Member of Parliament for Plymouth Drake |
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In office 1931–1937 |
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| Preceded by | James Moses |
| Succeeded by | Henry Guest |
| Secretary of State for Air | |
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In office 1 April 1921 – 19 October 1922 |
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| Monarch | George V |
| Prime Minister | David Lloyd George |
| Preceded by | Winston Churchill |
| Succeeded by | Sir Samuel Hoare, Bt |
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| Born |
Frederick Edward Guest 14 June 1875 London |
| Died | 28 April 1937 (aged 61) |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party |
Liberal Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Amy Phipps (m. 1905) |
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Winston F. C. Guest Raymond R. Guest Diana Guest Manning |
| Parents |
Baron Wimborne Lady Cornelia Spencer-Churchill |
| Relatives |
Ivor Guest (brother) Henry Guest (brother) Oscar Guest (brother) Viscount Chelmsford (brother-in-law) Winston Churchill (cousin) Henry Phipps (father-in-law) |
| Awards |
Queen's South Africa Medal Legion of Honour |
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 United Kingdom
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| Rank | Captain |
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| Men's Polo | ||
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1924 Paris | polo |
Frederick Edward Guest, CBE, DSO, PC (14 June 1875 – 28 April 1937), often known as Freddie Guest, was a British politician best known for being Chief Whip of Prime Minister David Lloyd George's Coalition Liberal Party, 1917–1921. He was also Secretary of State for Air between 1921 and 1922. He won the Bronze medal with the British polo team in the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris.
Frederick Edward Guest was born in London, the third son of Ivor Guest, 1st Baron Wimborne (1835–1914) and Lady Cornelia Spencer-Churchill (1847–1927). The Guest family had made its fortune in the iron and steel industry in the 18th and 19th centuries and had married into the aristocracy. The Wimbornes were Conservatives who had been friends of Benjamin Disraeli. His mother was the eldest daughter of the John Spencer-Churchill, 7th Duke of Marlborough.
Guest's four brothers were also politically active, notably Ivor Guest, 2nd Baron and 1st Viscount Wimborne, a junior minister and Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. In addition, Henry Guest and Oscar Guest were Members of Parliament (MPs), while Lionel Guest (1880–1935) was a member of the London County Council. His sister Frances Charlotte Guest (1865–1957) was married to Frederic Thesiger, 1st Viscount Chelmsford, who served as Viceroy of India.
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