GUEST FAMILY

The 'Guest family' were a British family of the eighteenth, nineteenth, twentieth centuries who, among other things built a huge industrial business in the Dowlais Iron Company and later in Guest, Keen and Nettlefolds.

Contents

John Guest

Thomas Guest

John Josiah Guest

Ivor Bertie Guest, 1st Baron Wimborne

Ivor Churchill Guest, 1st Viscount Wimborne

Frederick Edward Guest

References

Bibliography

John Guest

'John Guest' (1722-1785^[1]/25th November 1787^[2][3]) was a brewer, farmer and coal merchant in Broseley, Shropshire. He moved to Dowlais and was appointed manager of the works on 30 April 1767.. His children were:

★ 'Thomas Guest' (''infra''); and

★ Sarah who married 'William Taitt', (died 1815) another of the Dowlais partners.

Thomas Guest

'Thomas Guest' (died 1807) continued his father's work at Dowlais. He married Jemima Revel Phillips of Shifnal, Shropshire. They had three daughters and two sons:^[4]

★ 'John Josiah Guest' (''infra'')

★ Thomas Revel Guest (1790-1837) was a partner in Dowlais with two shares and was the firm's agent in Ireland. On his death he left one share to his brother and one to his nephew Edward John Hutchins.^[5]

John Josiah Guest

'John Josiah Guest' (1785-1852) married:

★ 11 March 1817: Maria Elizabeth Ranken (died January 1818), the third daughter of William Ranken from Ireland.

★ 29 July 1833:Lady Charlotte Elizabeth Bertie (1812–1895), eldest child of Albemarle Bertie, 9th Earl of Lindsey. They had ten children, including:

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★ 'Ivor Bertie Guest' (''infra'')

Ivor Bertie Guest, 1st Baron Wimborne

'Ivor Bertie Guest, 1st Baron Wimborne' (1835-1914), married Lady Cornelia Henrietta Maria Spencer-Churchill (1847–1927), daughter of John Spencer-Churchill, 7th Duke of Marlborough, aunt of Sir Winston Churchill. They had four daughters and five sons:^[6]

★ 'Ivor Churchill Guest' (1873-1939);

★ Henry Guest (1874–1957);^[7]

★ 'Frederick Edward Guest' (1875-1937);

★ Lionel Guest (1880–1935), married Flora Bigelow Dodge, daughter of John Bigelow, in 1905. Flora was the author of ''Laughter and Tears'' (1926) and the mother, by her first marriage, of John Bigelow Dodge;^[8][9]

★ Oscar Guest (1888–1958).^[10]

Ivor Churchill Guest, 1st Viscount Wimborne

Ivor Churchill married Alice Katherine Sibell Grosvenor, daughter of Robert Wellesley Grosvenor, 2nd Baron Ebury and they had two daughters and one son:^[11]

★ Ivor Grosvenor Guest, 2nd Viscount Wimborne.

Frederick Edward Guest

Frederick married Amy Phipps (1873–1959), daughter of American industrialist Henry Phipps. The couple had a daughter and two sons both of whom emigrated to the U.S..^[12]

References

1. Price (2007)
2. Davies (2007)
3. Owen (1977)
4. John (2004)
5. Owen (1977) ''p.''30
6. ''Who Was Who 1897-2006'' (2007) "Wimborne, Ivor Bertie Guest", A&C Black
7. ''Who Was Who 1897-2006'' (2007) "Guest, Lt-Col Hon. (Christian) Henry (Charles)", A&C Black
8. ''Who Was Who 1897-2006'' (2007) "Guest, Hon. Lionel (George William)", A&C Black
9. ''Who Was Who 1897-2006'' (2007) "Dodge, John Bigelow", A&C Black
10. ''Who Was Who 1897-2006'' (2007) "Guest, Hon. Oscar (Montague)", A&C Black
11. Boyce (2007)
12. Searle (2006)

Bibliography

★ Boyce, G. D. (2007) "Guest, Ivor Churchill, first Viscount Wimborne (1873–1939)", ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, online edn, accessed 3 September 2007

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★ John, A. V. (2004) "Guest, Sir (Josiah) John, first baronet (1785–1852)", ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, accessed 25 August 2007

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★ Searle, G. R. (2006) "Guest, Frederick Edward (1875–1937)", ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, online edn, accessed 3 September 2007