Viscount Wimborne, of Canford Magna

Canford Magna

Canford Magna is a village in Dorset, England. The village is situated just south of the River Stour and lies in between the towns of Wimborne Minster and Poole. The village is the site of the large boarding school - Canford School. The school was previously the mansion and estate of Lord Wimborne....

 in the County of Dorset, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom

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

Guest family

The Guest family are a British family of the 18th, 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries who, among other things built a huge industrial business in the Dowlais Iron Company and later in Guest, Keen and Nettlefolds.-John Guest:...

 descends from the engineer and businessman John Josiah Guest

John Josiah Guest

Sir Josiah John Guest, 1st Baronet, known as John Josiah Guest, was a Welsh engineer and entrepreneur.-Life:Born in Dowlais, Merthyr Tydfil, Wales, as the son of Thomas Guest, a partner in the Dowlais Iron Company...

. On 14 August 1838 he was created a Baronet, of Dowlais 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 Ashby St Ledgers in the County of Northampton. On 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 Breconshire

Breconshire (UK Parliament constituency)

Breconshire or Brecknockshire was a constituency in Wales which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the English Parliament, and later to the Parliament of Great Britain and of the United Kingdom, between 1542 and 1918...

 in the House of Commons

British House of Commons

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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 family have also gained distinction. Montague Guest

Montague Guest

Montague John Guest , was a British Liberal politician.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, daughter of Albemarle Bertie, 9th Earl of Lindsey...

, third son of the first Baronet, was a Liberal Member of Parliament

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. Frederick Edward Guest

Frederick Edward Guest

Frederick Edward Guest CBE DSO PC , often known as Freddie Guest, was a British politician best known for being Chief Whip of Prime Minister David Lloyd George's Coalition Liberal Party between 1917 and 1921. He was also Secretary of State for Air between 1921 and 1922...

, Henry Guest

Henry Guest

Christian Henry Charles Guest , usually known as Henry Guest, was a Liberal Party politician in the United Kingdom.- Family :...

 and Oscar Guest

Oscar Guest

Hon. Oscar Montague Guest was a politician in the United Kingdom, initially with the Liberal Party and later as a Conservative...

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

Lady Charlotte Guest

Lady Charlotte Elizabeth Guest, , later Lady Charlotte Schreiber, was an English businesswoman and translator...

 was the second wife of the first Baronet.

In 1870 the first Viscount bought a large house at 22 Arlington Street, London, which remained their London residence until 1947.

Guest Baronets, of Dowlais (1838)

• Sir Josiah John 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 (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
  Ivor Guest, 2nd Viscount Wimborne
  Ivor Grosvenor Guest, 2nd Viscount Wimborne , was a British politician.-Biography:Wimborne was the son of Ivor Guest, 1st Viscount Wimborne, and his wife the Hon. Alice Katherine Sibell, daughter of Robert Grosvenor, 2nd Baron Ebury...
  
   (1903–1967)
• Ivor Fox-Strangways Guest, 3rd Viscount Wimborne (1939–1993)
• Ivor Mervyn Vigors Guest, 4th Viscount Wimborne (b. 1968)

The heir presumptive

Heir Presumptive

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is the present holder's uncle, Hon. Julian John Guest (b. 1945)