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Viscount Wimborne, of

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in the County of

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, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.

History

The title was created in 1918 for Ivor Guest, 2nd Baron Wimborne. The

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descends from the engineer and businessman John Josiah Guest. On 14 August 1838, he was created a

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, of

Dowlais Dowlais () is a village and community of the county borough of Merthyr Tydfil, in Wales. At the 2011 census the electoral ward had a population of 6,926, The population of the Community being 4,270 at the 2011 census having excluded Pant. Dowlai ...

in the County of Glamorgan, in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. He was succeeded by his eldest son, the second Baronet. In 1880, he was created Baron Wimborne, of Canford Magna in the County of Dorset, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. On his death, the titles passed to his eldest son, the second Baron. In 1910, four years before he succeeded his father, he had been raised to the Peerage of the United Kingdom in his own right as Baron Ashby St Ledgers, of

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in the County of Northampton. Upon his retirement as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in 1918, he was further honoured when he was made Viscount Wimborne, of Canford Magna in the County of Dorset, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. His son, the second Viscount, represented

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in the

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. , the titles are held by the latter's grandson, the fourth Viscount, who succeeded his father in 1993. Several other members of the Guest family have also gained distinction.

Montague Guest Montague John Guest (29 March 1839 – 9 November 1909), was a British Liberal politician. Family A member of the prominent Guest family, he was the third son of Sir John Josiah Guest, 1st Baronet, and his second wife Lady Charlotte, daugh ...

, third son of the first Baronet, was a Liberal

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Frederick Edward Guest Frederick Edward "Freddie" Guest, (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 be ...

Henry Guest 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 w ...

and

Oscar Guest Oscar Montague Guest (24 August 1888 – 8 May 1958) was a politician in the United Kingdom, initially with the Liberal Party and later as a Conservative. He was twice elected as a Member of Parliament (MP). Family He was the youngest of ...

, younger sons of the first Baron, were all prominent politicians. Also,

Lady Charlotte Guest Lady Charlotte Elizabeth Guest (née Bertie; 19 May 1812 – 15 January 1895), later Lady Charlotte Schreiber, was an English aristocrat who is best known as the first publisher in modern print format of the '' Mabinogion'', the earliest prose l ...

was the second wife of the first Baronet. In 1867, the first Baron bought a large house at 22 Arlington Street in

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, which remained the family's London residence until 1947.

Guest baronets, of Dowlais (1838)

* Sir John Josiah Guest, 1st Baronet (1785–1852) * Sir Ivor Bertie Guest, 2nd Baronet (1835–1914) (created Baron Wimborne in 1880)

Barons Wimborne (1880)

Ivor Bertie Guest, 1st Baron Wimborne Ivor Bertie Guest, 1st Baron Wimborne, 2nd Baronet, DL (29 August 1835 – 22 February 1914) was a British industrialist and a member of the prominent Guest family. Early life Ivor Bertie Guest was born at Dowlais, near Merthyr Tydfil, the so ...

(1835–1914) * Ivor Churchill Guest, 2nd Baron Wimborne (1873–1939) (created Baron Ashby St Ledgers in 1910; created Viscount Wimborne in 1918)

Viscounts Wimborne (1918)

* Ivor Churchill Guest, 1st Viscount Wimborne (1873–1939) * Ivor Grosvenor Guest, 2nd Viscount Wimborne (1903–1967) * Ivor Fox-Strangways Guest, 3rd Viscount Wimborne (1939–1993) * Ivor Mervyn Vigors Guest, 4th Viscount Wimborne (born 1968) The

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is the present holder's son, the Hon. Ivor N.G.I. Guest (born 2016).

References

*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, * {{DEFAULTSORT:Wimborne Viscountcies in the Peerage of the United Kingdom Noble titles created in 1918 Noble titles created for UK MPs