Ivor Grosvenor Guest, 2nd Viscount Wimborne, (21 February 1903 – 7 January 1967) was a British politician.
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Early life and education
Lord Wimborne was born on 21 February 1903, the son of Ivor Guest, 1st Viscount Wimborne (1873–1939) and his wife The Hon Alice Katherine Sibell Grosvenor (1880-1948). His maternal grandfather was Robert Grosvenor, 2nd Baron Ebury (1834–1918).
He was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge.
Career
After Cambridge, he 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. In the latter year he succeeded his father in the viscountcy and entered the House of Lords.
Marriage and children
Lord Wimborne married Lady Mabel Edith Fox-Strangeways, daughter of Giles Fox-Strangways, 6th Earl of Ilchester (1874–1959), in 1938. William Walton, who was the partner of Lord Wimborne's mother Alice from 1934 to 1948, composed "Set me as a seal upon thine heart" for the wedding. They had four children:
Ivor Fox-Strangways Guest, 3rd Viscount Wimborne (2 December 1939 - 17 December 1993)
Hon Frances Ann Guest (18 November 1942 - 5 October 2017)
Hon Julian John Guest (born 12 October 1945)
Hon Charles James Guest (10 July 1950 - 27 December 2020)
Lord Wimborne died on 7 January 1967, aged 63, and was succeeded in the viscountcy by his eldest son Ivor.