Ivor Guest, 2nd Viscount Wimborne

The Right Honourable The Viscount Wimborne PC
Member of the United Kingdom Parliament for Brecon and Radnorshire
In office 14 November 1935 – 1 August 1939
Preceded by	Walter D'Arcy Hall
Succeeded by	William Frederick Jackson
Majority	2,169 (5.2%)
Personal details
Born	Ivor Grosvenor Guest 21 February 1903
Died	7 January 1967 (aged 63)
Nationality	British
Political party	National
Alma mater	Trinity College, Cambridge
Occupation	Politician

Ivor Grosvenor Guest, 2nd Viscount Wimborne (21 February 1903 – 7 January 1967) was a British politician.

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. He was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge, and also served with the Royal Tank Corps (TA), achieving the rank of lieutenant. From 1935 to 1939 he was National Member of Parliament (MP) for Brecon and Radnor. The latter year he succeeded his father in the viscountcy and entered the House of Lords.^[1][2]

Lord Wimborne married Lady Mabel Edith, daughter of Giles Fox-Strangways, 6th Earl of Ilchester, in 1938. William Walton composed "Set me as a seal upon thine heart" for the wedding.^[3]

He died in January 1967, aged 63, and was succeeded in his title by his son Ivor Fox-Strangways Guest.

References

1. "Person Page 2532". Thepeerage.com. 2008-12-02. Retrieved 2014-03-01.
2. "Conqueror 575859". William1.co.uk. Retrieved 2014-03-01.
3. "William Walton - Set me as a seal upon thine heart". Classical Archives. Retrieved 2014-03-01.

External links

• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages
• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Ivor Guest
• "KENSINGTON WEDDING", British Pathe Ltd