Christopher William Graham Guest, Baron Guest PC (7 November 1901 – 25 September 1984) was a British judge.

Biography

Born in Edinburgh, Guest was educated at

Merchiston Castle School Merchiston Castle School is an independent boarding school for boys in the suburb of Colinton in Edinburgh, Scotland. It has around 470 pupils and is open to boys between the ages of 7 and 18 as either boarding or day pupils; it was modelled a ...

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(MA), and Edinburgh University (LLB). He was admitted to the Faculty of Advocates in 1925 and to the English Bar (

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) in 1929. During

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

, he served in the

Army An army (from Old French ''armee'', itself derived from the Latin verb ''armāre'', meaning "to arm", and related to the Latin noun ''arma'', meaning "arms" or "weapons"), ground force or land force is a fighting force that fights primarily on ...

, first in the

Royal Artillery The Royal Regiment of Artillery, commonly referred to as the Royal Artillery (RA) and colloquially known as "The Gunners", is one of two regiments that make up the artillery arm of the British Army. The Royal Regiment of Artillery comprises t ...

and then as a deputy judge-advocate in the

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, ending the war as a Major. He was appointed

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in 1945 and was appointed

Sheriff of Ayr and Bute The Sheriff of Ayr was historically (from 1221) the royal official responsible for enforcing law and order in Ayr, Scotland and bringing criminals to justice. Sundrum Castle was used by the sheriff from the 14th century, and Loudoun Castle from ...

, transferring in 1954 to be

Sheriff of Perth and Angus Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. It is the fourth most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of 2.1 million (80% of the state) living in Greater Perth in 2020. Perth is ...

. He served as Dean of the Faculty of Advocates from 1955 to 1957. In 1957, Guest was appointed a

Senator of the College of Justice The senators of the College of Justice are judges of the College of Justice, a set of legal institutions involved in the administration of justice in Scotland. There are three types of senator: Lords of Session (judges of the Court of Session); ...

, becoming Lord Guest. On 20 January 1961, he was appointed

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and was created a

life peer In the United Kingdom, life peers are appointed members of the peerage whose titles cannot be inherited, in contrast to hereditary peers. In modern times, life peerages, always created at the rank of baron, are created under the Life Peerages ...

with the title Baron Guest, of Graden in the

County of Berwick Berwickshire ( gd, Siorrachd Bhearaig) is a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area in south-eastern Scotland, on the English border. Berwickshire County Council existed from 1890 until 1975, when the area became part of th ...

. In the same year, Guest was invested to the

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and in 1971, he retired as Lord of Appeal.

References

1901 births 1984 deaths People educated at Merchiston Castle School Law lords Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom Members of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council

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Deans of the Faculty of Advocates Scottish sheriffs British Army personnel of World War II Royal Artillery officers War Office personnel in World War II Military personnel from Edinburgh {{Life-peer-stub