Henry Guest

Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Guest
Member of Parliament for Plymouth Drake
In office 15 June 1937 – 15 June 1945
Preceded by	Frederick Guest
Succeeded by	Hubert Moses Medland
Member of Parliament for Bristol North
In office 15 November 1922 – 16 November 1923
Preceded by	Edwin Gange
Succeeded by	Walter Ayles
Member of Parliament for Pembroke and Haverfordwest
In office December 1910 – 25 November 1918
Preceded by	Owen Philipps
Succeeded by	Constituency abolished
Member of Parliament for East Dorset
In office 30 June 1910 – 28 November 1910
Preceded by	Frederick Guest
Succeeded by	Frederick Guest
Personal details
Born	Christian Henry Charles Guest 15 February 1874
Died	9 October 1957(1957-10-09) (aged 83)
Political party	Liberal
Spouse	Frances Lyttelton ​ ​ (m. 1911; died 1918)​
Parent	Ivor Guest, 1st Baron Wimborne (father)
Relatives	Ivor Guest (brother) Frederick Guest (brother) Oscar Guest (brother)

Lieutenant-Colonel Christian Henry Charles Guest (15 February 1874 – 9 October 1957), usually known as Henry Guest, was a Liberal Party politician in the United Kingdom.

Family

He was the second son of Ivor Guest, 1st Baron Wimborne and his wife Lady Cornelia Henrietta Maria Spencer-Churchill, an aunt of the future Prime Minister Winston Churchill. His elder brother Ivor Churchill Guest was one of the last Lord-Lieutenants of Ireland, and his younger brothers Frederick Guest and Oscar Guest were also members of parliament.

In 1911, he married the Honourable Frances Lyttelton (1885–1918), daughter of the 8th Viscount Cobham. They had one son, John Guest (1913-1997).

Military career

Guest obtained a commission in 3rd Battalion of the Lancaster Fusiliers in 1892, and in the 1st Royal Dragoons in 1894. He served in the Second Boer War, South Africa, 1899–1902 (despatches, Queen's medal 5 clasps, King's medal 2 clasps), and 1901 was seconded for service on the Staff. After the end of the war in South Africa he was from June 1902 Aide-de-camp to Brigadier-General Burn-Murdoch, General officer in command of the Standerton District. He returned home from South Africa on the SS Saxon in late December 1902. Guest then served in India 1903–07. Upon his return to the UK he attended Staff College in 1907, and was instructor in Cavalry School. He later served in World War I 1914–15 and 1918.

Political career

His younger brother Freddie was elected as Liberal Member of Parliament (MP) for East Dorset at the January 1910 general election, but was unseated after election irregularities by his constituency agent. At the resulting by-election in June 1910, Henry was elected to succeed him. At the December 1910 general election, Henry was returned for the Pembroke and Haverfordwest constituency and Freddie was re-elected for East Dorset.

When his Pembroke and Haverford West seat was abolished for the 1918 general election, Guest stood as a Coalition Liberal candidate in the Wandsworth Central seat in South London, where he came a poor third.

He returned to the House of Commons at the 1922 general election, as National Liberal MP for Bristol North. However, he was defeated at the 1923 election, and stood aside in 1924 in favour of his brother Freddie.

Henry did not stand for Parliament again until his brother's death in 1937, when he won the by-election for Freddie's seat of Plymouth Drake as a Conservative. He held that seat until his defeat at the 1945 general election.

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Henry Guest