Arthur Guest

Arthur Edward Guest (7 November 1841 – 17 July 1898),[1] was a British Conservative politician.

"A South Western Director"
Guest as caricatured by Spy (Leslie Ward) in Vanity Fair, August 1896

Background

Guest was the fifth son of Sir Josiah Guest, 1st Baronet, and Lady Charlotte Elizabeth, daughter of Albemarle Bertie, 9th Earl of Lindsey. Ivor Guest, 1st Baron Wimborne, and Montague Guest were his elder brothers.

Political career

Guest entered Parliament for Poole in 1868, a seat he held until 1874. He unsuccessfully contested Cardiff in 1880 and Southampton on 23 May 1888.[2]

Family

Guest married Adeline Mary, daughter of David Barclay Chapman, in 1867. Guest died in July 1898, aged 56. Adeline Mary married as her second husband Cecil Maurice Chapman in 1899. She died in January 1931.

References
  1. The London Gazette. Tho. Newcomb over against Baynards Castle in Thamse-street. 1898. p. 8372.
  2. Who's Who of British Members of Parliament.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Henry Danby Seymour
Charles Waring
(representation reduced to one member 1868)		 Member of Parliament for Poole
1868–1874		 Succeeded by
Charles Waring
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