Freddie Guest

The Right Honourable Freddie Guest CBE DSO
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 (1875-06-14)14 June 1875 London, England
Died	28 April 1937(1937-04-28) (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]