Frederick Guest was Secretary of State for Air between 1921 and 1922.
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23 Facts About Frederick Guest
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Frederick Guest won the bronze medal with the British polo team at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris.
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Frederick Edward Guest was born in London, the third son of Ivor Guest, 1st Baron Wimborne and Lady Cornelia Spencer-Churchill.
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The Guest family had made its fortune in the iron and steel industry during the 18th and 19th centuries and had married into the aristocracy.
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Frederick Guest's mother was the eldest daughter of John Spencer-Churchill, 7th Duke of Marlborough.
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Frederick Guest was a first cousin of British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, Charles Spencer-Churchill, 9th Duke of Marlborough, and Henry Innes-Ker, 8th Duke of Roxburghe, as well as a nephew of Conservative politician Lord Randolph Churchill, George Spencer-Churchill, 8th Duke of Marlborough, and Lady Anne Emily Spencer Churchill, who was married to the 7th Duke of Roxburghe.
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Frederick Guest was commissioned as second-lieutenant in the Infantry militia, East Surrey Regiment, and promoted to lieutenant on 7 April 1894.
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Frederick Guest was sent to Egypt in 1899, and in late November that year was part of a Camel Corps during the operations leading to the defeat of the Khalifa.
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Frederick Guest served in South Africa during the Second Boer War from 1901, returning home in late June 1902, following the end of hostilities.
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Frederick Guest was decorated for bravery, and rose to captain before retiring from active duty in 1906.
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In 1906 Frederick Guest became private secretary to Churchill, by then a junior minister in Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman's Liberal government.
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Frederick Guest attempted three times to enter the House of Commons before winning the vote in the East Dorset seat in the January 1910 general election.
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Frederick Guest performed confidential missions for French, liaising with the War Office and with political leaders.
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In 1916 Frederick Guest served in the East African theatre of war and was awarded the Distinguished Service Order.
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Frederick Guest was appointed to the Privy Council in the 1920 New Year Honours, entitling him to the style "The Right Honourable", and in 1921 was promoted to Secretary of State for Air, a post he held until the Coalition fell from power in October 1922.
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Frederick Guest competed for Great Britain in polo at the 1924 Summer Olympics.
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Frederick Guest played alongside Frederick W Barrett, Dennis Bingham and Kinnear Wise.
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Frederick Guest can be found among the winners of the Roehampton Trophy.
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Frederick Guest would lend horses to the English polo team for the International Polo Cup matches.
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Frederick Guest played polo, was a big-game hunter in East Africa, and was a celebrated man-about-town in London and New York City society.
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Frederick Guest was a member of the River and Links Clubs of New York and the Piping Rock Club in Long Island.
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Frederick Guest was a friend of the Duke of Windsor, formerly King Edward VIII.
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