Sir Christopher Guise, 1st Baronet (died 1670), of Elmore Court in Gloucestershire, England, was a Member of Parliament for Gloucestershire in 1654.
Guise was the son of William Guise of Elmore by his wife Cecilia Dennis, a daughter of John Dennis of Pucklechurch [2] in Gloucestershire.
In 1654 Guise was elected a Member of Parliament for Gloucestershire in the First Protectorate Parliament. [3] He was created a baronet "of Elmore" on 10 July 1661.
Guise married firstly Elizabeth Washington, daughter of Sir Lawrence Washington of Garsden, Wiltshire. He married secondly Rachel Corsellis of a noble Italian family. He was succeeded by his son Sir John Guise, 2nd Baronet. [4]
Sir James Augustus Grant, 1st Baronet was a British Conservative Party politician.
There have been two baronetcies created for the Guise family, one in the Baronetage of England and one in the Baronetage of Great Britain. The latter creation is extant as of 2014.
For other places with the same name, see Elmore (disambiguation).
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