Christopher Guise

Sir Christopher Guise, 1st Baronet (died 1670) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1654.

Guise was the son of William Guise of Elmore and his wife Cecilia Dennis, daughter of John Dennis of Pucklechurch.

In 1654, Guise was elected Member of Parliament for Gloucestershire in the First Protectorate Parliament. 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 in the baronetcy by his son John.

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Guise

Guise is a commune in the Aisne department in Picardy in northern France.

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The ruins of the medieval castle of Guise, seat of the Dukes of Guise, are located in the commune.

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Guise is the agricultural centre of the northern area of Aisne.

Miscellaneous

Guise was the birthplace of Camille Desmoulins (1760–1794), a journalist and politician who played an important part in the French Revolution.

Over a period of 20 years, beginning about 1856, Jean-Baptiste Godin built Le Familistère (the Social Palace), an industrial and communal residential complex that was a separate community within Guise. It expressed many of his ideas about developing social sympathy through improved housing and services for workers and their families, influenced by the ideas of the philosopher Charles Fourier. In 1880 Godin created a cooperative association by which the workers owned and managed the complex. This continued until 1968.

On the 29th of August 1914 the Battle of St. Quentin (1914) was fought in and around the town. A memorial in Guise celebrates this event.

Guise (disambiguation)

Guise is a commune in France. Guise may also refer to:

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Guise (name)

Guise is a surname possibly derived from the Guise baronets of England or from Guise, commune in France. It is less commonly used as a given name. Notable people with the name include:

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