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Sir Ernest Lucas Guest (20 August 1882 – 20 September 1972) was a Rhodesian politician, lawyer and soldier. He held senior ministerial positions in the government, most notably as Minister for Air during the Second World War. He married Edith May Jones and had two daughters and twin sons, both of whom were killed in action during the Second World War. At his death, both the High Court and Parliament paid public tributes to him. His continuing legacy is most evident in the Kariba Dam, a project that went ahead with his active support.

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  • Ernest Lucas Guest
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  • Sir Ernest Lucas Guest (20 August 1882 – 20 September 1972) was a Rhodesian politician, lawyer and soldier. He held senior ministerial positions in the government, most notably as Minister for Air during the Second World War. He married Edith May Jones and had two daughters and twin sons, both of whom were killed in action during the Second World War. At his death, both the High Court and Parliament paid public tributes to him. His continuing legacy is most evident in the Kariba Dam, a project that went ahead with his active support.
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serviceyears
  • 1899(xsd:integer)
term start
  • 1938-06-01(xsd:date)
  • 1940-03-28(xsd:date)
  • 1946-05-07(xsd:date)
  • 1946-06-07(xsd:date)
Birth Date
  • 1882-08-20(xsd:date)
Residence
  • Salisbury, Rhodesia
death place
  • Salisbury, Rhodesia
Spouse
  • Lady Edie Guest
Name
  • Sir Ernest Lucas Guest
Alma mater
  • St Andrew's College, Grahamstown
Party
Birth Place
  • Grahamstown, Cape Colony
Title
term end
  • 1944-02-01(xsd:date)
  • 1946-05-06(xsd:date)
  • 1946-09-26(xsd:date)
  • 1948-09-15(xsd:date)
death date
  • 1972-09-20(xsd:date)
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Years
  • 19461946(xsd:integer)
  • 19461948(xsd:integer)
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Profession
  • politician, soldier, lawyer
Order
  • Minister of Finance
  • Minister of Air
  • Minister of Defence and Air
  • Minister of Mines and Public Works
honorific prefix
  • Colonel The Honourable
Nationality
  • British
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  • Sir Ernest Lucas Guest (20 August 1882 – 20 September 1972) was a Rhodesian politician, lawyer and soldier. He held senior ministerial positions in the government, most notably as Minister for Air during the Second World War. Guest was born in Grahamstown, Cape Colony. His grandfather had moved the family there, leaving Kidderminster, England, where it had been in the printing business for three generations. He saw active service in the Second Boer War, enlisting despite being underage, and again in the First World War, when he was injured in France. His legal career began while back in Southern Rhodesia between those two wars. He won a case against Sir Charles Coghlan, at the time Premier of Southern Rhodesia, and Coghlan invited him to become a partner in his firm, which became known as Coghlan, Welsh & Guest. On his return from the First World War, Guest took responsibility for the Salisbury practice. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly in 1928 as a member of Coghlan's Rhodesia Party, representing the constituency of Charter, which he held until 1946. He first became a cabinet minister in Godfrey Huggins' government, appointed Minister of Mines and Public Works in June 1938. During the Second World War, Guest was Minister for Air and administered the Rhodesia Air Training Group. After the war he was also Minister of Defence, Minister of Finance and Leader of the House. At the 1946 elections he stood for Salisbury Gardens and held the seat until his retirement from office in 1948. He married Edith May Jones and had two daughters and twin sons, both of whom were killed in action during the Second World War. At his death, both the High Court and Parliament paid public tributes to him. His continuing legacy is most evident in the Kariba Dam, a project that went ahead with his active support.
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