Freddie Guest

Freddie Guest
Member of Parliament
for Plymouth Drake
In office
1931–1937
Preceded byJames Moses
Succeeded byHenry Guest
Secretary of State for Air
In office
1 April 1921 – 19 October 1922
MonarchGeorge V
Prime MinisterDavid Lloyd George
Preceded byWinston Churchill
Succeeded bySir Samuel Hoare, Bt
Member of Parliament
for Bristol North
In office
1924–1929
Preceded byWalter Ayles
Succeeded byWalter Ayles
Member of Parliament
for Stroud
In office
1923–1924
Preceded byStanley Tubbs
Succeeded byFrank Nelson
Treasurer of the Household
In office
1912–1914
Preceded byWilliam Dudley Ward
Succeeded byJames Hope
Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury with Lord Edmund Talbot
In office
1917–1921
Preceded byLord Edmund Talbot
Neil Primrose
Succeeded byLeslie Wilson
Charles McCurdy
Personal details
Born
Frederick Edward Guest

(1875-06-14)14 June 1875
London, England
Died28 April 1937(1937-04-28) (aged 61)
Political partyLiberal
Conservative
Spouse
Amy Phipps
(m. 1905)
ChildrenWinston Frederick Churchill Guest
Raymond R. Guest
Diana Guest Manning
Parent(s)Ivor Guest, 1st Baron Wimborne
Lady Cornelia Spencer-Churchill
RelativesIvor Guest (brother)
Henry Guest (brother)
Oscar Guest (brother)
Winston Churchill (cousin)
Military service
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Branch/serviceBritish Army
Years of service1894–1906
1914–1917
RankCaptain
UnitEast Surrey Regiment
1st Life Guards
Battles/warsMahdist War
Second Boer War
First World War
AwardsDistinguished 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]

  1. ^ "Freddie Guest". Olympedia. Retrieved 28 October 2021.