Claim: After the Ministry of Food Control was abolished in April 1921, Charles McCurdy was appointed Coalition Liberal Chief Whip in succession to Frederick Guest (born on June 1875), who had held the position during the 1918 seat negotiations with the Unionists.
Evidence: After the Ministry of Food Control was abolished in April 1921, he was appointed Coalition Liberal Chief Whip (officially 'Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury') in succession to Frederick Guest. Frederick Edward "Freddie" Guest, CBE, DSO (14 June 1875 – 28 April 1937) was a British politician best known for being Chief Whip of Prime Minister David Lloyd George's Coalition Liberal Party, 1917–1921. Guest had held the position during the 1918 seat negotiations with the Unionists.