Freddie Guest | |
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Member of Parliament for Plymouth Drake | |
In office 1931–1937 | |
Preceded by | James Moses |
Succeeded by | Henry Guest |
Secretary of State for Air | |
In office 1 April 1921 – 19 October 1922 | |
Monarch | George V |
Prime Minister | David Lloyd George |
Preceded by | Winston Churchill |
Succeeded by | Sir Samuel Hoare, Bt |
Member of Parliament for Bristol North | |
In office 1924–1929 | |
Preceded by | Walter Ayles |
Succeeded by | Walter Ayles |
Member of Parliament for Stroud | |
In office 1923–1924 | |
Preceded by | Stanley Tubbs |
Succeeded by | Frank Nelson |
Treasurer of the Household | |
In office 1912–1914 | |
Preceded by | William Dudley Ward |
Succeeded by | James Hope |
Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury with Lord Edmund Talbot | |
In office 1917–1921 | |
Preceded by | Lord Edmund Talbot Neil Primrose |
Succeeded by | Leslie Wilson Charles McCurdy |
Personal details | |
Born | Frederick Edward Guest 14 June 1875 London, England |
Died | 28 April 1937 | (aged 61)
Political party | Liberal Conservative |
Spouse |
Amy Phipps (m. 1905) |
Children | Winston Frederick Churchill Guest Raymond R. Guest Diana Guest Manning |
Parent(s) | Ivor Guest, 1st Baron Wimborne Lady Cornelia Spencer-Churchill |
Relatives | Ivor Guest (brother) Henry Guest (brother) Oscar Guest (brother) Winston Churchill (cousin) |
Military service | |
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Branch/service | British Army |
Years of service | 1894–1906 1914–1917 |
Rank | Captain |
Unit | East Surrey Regiment 1st Life Guards |
Battles/wars | Mahdist War Second Boer War First World War |
Awards | Distinguished Service Order Mentioned in Despatches Legion of Honour (France) |
Frederick Edward Guest, CBE, DSO (14 June 1875 – 28 April 1937) 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 at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris.[1]