What key details about leslie haden-guest , 1st baron haden-guest can be extracted from the following bio? Bio: leslie haden guest , 1st baron haden-guest , -lrb- 10 march 1877 -- 20 august 1960 -rrb- was a british author , journalist , doctor and labour party politician . haden-guest was born in oldham , lancashire , england , the son of catharine anna -lrb- nee johnson -rrb- and alexander haden-guest , a physician and surgeon of manchester who was an active worker for the left . he was educated first at william hulme 's grammar school , then studied medicine at owens college , manchester , and the london hospital . he served in the royal army medical corps in the boer war , world war i , and world war ii , winning a military cross . he was the founder of the anglo-french committee of the red cross and the order of st. john . he was a member of the london county council for woolwich -lrb- east -rrb- , 1919-22 . he was a labour member of parliament -lrb- mp -rrb- for southwark north , 1923 -- 27 , and for islington north , 1937 -- 50 , and founded the labour party commonwealth group . he was created a peer 2 february 1950 as baron haden-guest , of saling in the count of essex and was a lord-in-waiting to the king , february -- october 1951 , and thereafter an assistant opposition whip in the house of lords . in 1898 , he married edith , daughter of max low of london , by whom he had two sons , stephen and richard . he was divorced in 1909 and in 1910 he married muriel carmel , the daughter of albert goldsmid . they had two sons , david who was killed in the spanish civil war , peter , and a daughter , angela . his third marriage was in 1944 to dr. edith edgar macqueen , daughter of george macqueen . he was the grandfather of actor christopher guest . haden-guest converted to judaism before his marriage to muriel goldsmid , his second wife . he '' renounced judaism '' in 1924 , describing himself subsequently as a '' konfessionslos '' . he was the first jew to stand for parliament as a labour candidate .
- successor is ronw moelwyn hughes edward anthony strauss- party is labour- death date is 20 august 1960- predecessor is albert william goodman edward anthony strauss- office is member for islington north of parliament for islington north member of parliament- allegiance is british empire- battles is second boer war first world war second world war- term end is 2 february 1950 1927- term start is 1937 1923- birth date is 10 march 1877- name is the lord haden-guest- branch is british army- unit is royal army medical corps- birth place is oldham , lancashire , england- rank is major- alma mater is owens college , manchester