Herbert Melville Guest

Herbert Melville Guest
Mayor of Klerksdorp
In office 1910–1911
Monarch	George V
Governor General	Herbert Gladstone
Prime Minister	Louis Botha
Personal details
Born	(1853-01-29)29 January 1853 Kidderminster, England
Died	29 June 1938(1938-06-29) (aged 85)
Resting place	Klerksdorp Old Cemetery
Spouse	Lucy Charlotte Lucas (married 1877)
Relations	Ernest Melville Guest (grandson) Ivor Forbes Guest (grandson)
Children	Ernest Lucas Guest
Residence	Klerksdorp
Military service
Allegiance	British Empire
Battles/wars	Second Boer War

Herbert Melville Guest (29 January 1853 – 29 June 1938) was an author, newspaper owner and politician of the Transvaal. He acquired the Klerksdorp Mining Record in 1889. He wrote several books on the Second Boer War in the area of Klerksdorp. In 1903 he became one of the first city council members and was mayor from 1910 to 1911. One of his sons was Ernest Lucas Guest, the prominent government minister of Southern Rhodesia.