Herbert Melville Guest, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Herbert Melville Guest

Date of Birth: 29-Jan-1853

Place of Birth: Kidderminster, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 29-Jun-1938

Profession: writer

Nationality: South Africa

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Herbert Melville Guest (29 January 1853 – 29 June 1938) was an author, newspaper owner and politician of the Transvaal.
He acquired the Klerksdorp Mining Record in 1889.
He wrote several books on the Second Boer War in the area of Klerksdorp.
In 1903 he became one of the first city council members and was mayor from 1910 to 1911.
One of his sons was Ernest Lucas Guest, the prominent government minister of Southern Rhodesia.