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Sir Ivor Bertie Guest

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Sir Ivor Bertie Guest

Birth
Dowlais, Merthyr Tydfil, Wales
Death
22 Feb 1914 (aged 78)
Canford Magna, East Dorset District, Dorset, England
Burial
Canford Magna, East Dorset District, Dorset, England
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1st Baron Wimborne, a was a Welsh industrialist. He was the son of Lady Charlotte Guest and Sir John Josiah Guest, owner of the world's largest iron foundry: Dowlais Ironworks. He was educated at Harrow School in Middlesex, he went on to gain a Master of Arts degree from Trinity College, Cambridge in 1856. His middle name Bertie was from his mother's family, the Earls of Abingdon, descended from a Tudor courtier who married the Dowager Duchess of Suffolk, and herself suo jure Baroness Willoughby de Eresby. He was regarded as a snob and social climber so much so that he was lampooned in Vanity Fair as "the paying Guest". He held the office of High Sheriff of Glamorgan in 1862 and was the mayor of Poole from 1896-1897. He succeeded his father to his baronetcy following his death in 1852. He was elevated to the peerage in 1880 as Baron Wimborne, of Canford Magna in the County of Dorset, on Disraeli's initiative. From 1874 on, he stood unsuccessfully for election to the House of Commons as a Conservative, contesting Glamorganshire at the 1874 general election, Poole at a by-election May 1874, and Bristol at a by-election in 1878 and at the 1880 general election. Following the tariff reform by Chamberlain he seceded from the Conservative party and sat in the House of Lords as a liberal. He was succeeded by his son, Ivor Churchill Guest, 2nd Baron Wimborne, 1st Baron Ashby St Ledgers, who was later created Viscount Wimborne.
1st Baron Wimborne, a was a Welsh industrialist. He was the son of Lady Charlotte Guest and Sir John Josiah Guest, owner of the world's largest iron foundry: Dowlais Ironworks. He was educated at Harrow School in Middlesex, he went on to gain a Master of Arts degree from Trinity College, Cambridge in 1856. His middle name Bertie was from his mother's family, the Earls of Abingdon, descended from a Tudor courtier who married the Dowager Duchess of Suffolk, and herself suo jure Baroness Willoughby de Eresby. He was regarded as a snob and social climber so much so that he was lampooned in Vanity Fair as "the paying Guest". He held the office of High Sheriff of Glamorgan in 1862 and was the mayor of Poole from 1896-1897. He succeeded his father to his baronetcy following his death in 1852. He was elevated to the peerage in 1880 as Baron Wimborne, of Canford Magna in the County of Dorset, on Disraeli's initiative. From 1874 on, he stood unsuccessfully for election to the House of Commons as a Conservative, contesting Glamorganshire at the 1874 general election, Poole at a by-election May 1874, and Bristol at a by-election in 1878 and at the 1880 general election. Following the tariff reform by Chamberlain he seceded from the Conservative party and sat in the House of Lords as a liberal. He was succeeded by his son, Ivor Churchill Guest, 2nd Baron Wimborne, 1st Baron Ashby St Ledgers, who was later created Viscount Wimborne.

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  • Created by: julia&keld
  • Added: Aug 13, 2011
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/74877156/ivor_bertie-guest: accessed ), memorial page for Sir Ivor Bertie Guest (29 Aug 1835–22 Feb 1914), Find a Grave Memorial ID 74877156, citing Canford Magna Parish Church, Canford Magna, East Dorset District, Dorset, England; Maintained by julia&keld (contributor 46812479).