Biography

Winston Guest was the son of Frederick Guest, a British politician, and his wife, Amy Phipps, who was the daughter of American businessman and philanthropist Henry Phipps, Jr. Guest was born in 1906. He won the International Polo Cup

International Polo Cup

The International Polo Cup, also called the Newport Cup and the Westchester Cup is a trophy in polo that was created in 1876 and was played for by teams from the United States and Great Britain. The match is the best of three games. In 1886 it was decided to make the polo match a continuing...

 in 1930, 1936 and 1939. He died in 1982 at Nassau Hospital in Mineola, New York

Mineola, New York

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. Guest's brother, Raymond R. Guest

Raymond R. Guest

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, was United States Ambassador to Ireland

United States Ambassador to Ireland

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 from 1965 to 1968. Winston Guest married Lucy Douglas Cochrane, known as C. Z. Guest

C. Z. Guest

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, in 1947.

He had two sons with Helena Woolworth McCann:

• Winston Alexander Guest
• Frederick E. Guest II

By C.Z. Guest he had son and a daughter:

• Alexander Michael Douglas Cochrane Guest (born 1954)
• Cornelia Cochrane Churchill Guest (born 1963)