Baron Haden-Guest, of Saling in the County of Essex, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom

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. It was created in 1950 for the Labour

Labour Party (UK)

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 politician Leslie Haden-Guest

Leslie Haden-Guest, 1st Baron Haden-Guest

Leslie Haden Haden-Guest, 1st Baron Haden-Guest MC was a British author, journalist, doctor and Labour Party politician.-Life and career:...

. He had previously represented Southwark North

Southwark North (UK Parliament constituency)

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 and Islington North

Islington North (UK Parliament constituency)

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 in the House of Commons

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. His third son, the fourth Baron (who succeeded his half-brother in 1987, who in his turn had succeeded his brother in 1974), was a United Nations

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 official for many years. the title is held by his son Christopher Guest

Christopher Guest

Christopher Haden-Guest, 5th Baron Haden-Guest , better known as Christopher Guest, is an American screenwriter, composer, musician, director, actor and comedian. He is most widely known in Hollywood for having written, directed and starred in several improvisational "mockumentary" films that...

, the fifth Baron, who succeeded in 1996. He is a film director, writer, actor and musician, married to the actress Jamie Lee Curtis

Jamie Lee Curtis

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.

Barons Haden-Guest (1950)

• Leslie Haden Haden-Guest, 1st Baron Haden-Guest
  Leslie Haden-Guest, 1st Baron Haden-Guest
  Leslie Haden Haden-Guest, 1st Baron Haden-Guest MC was a British author, journalist, doctor and Labour Party politician.-Life and career:...
  
   (1877–1960)
• Stephen Haden Haden-Guest, 2nd Baron Haden-Guest (1902–1974)
• Richard Haden Haden-Guest, 3rd Baron Haden-Guest (1904–1987)
• Peter Haden-Guest, 4th Baron Haden-Guest
  Peter Haden-Guest, 4th Baron Haden-Guest
  Peter Haden-Guest, 4th Baron Haden-Guest , was a British United Nations diplomat and member of the British House of Lords...
  
   (1913–1996)
• Christopher Haden-Guest, 5th Baron Haden-Guest
  Christopher Guest
  Christopher Haden-Guest, 5th Baron Haden-Guest , better known as Christopher Guest, is an American screenwriter, composer, musician, director, actor and comedian. He is most widely known in Hollywood for having written, directed and starred in several improvisational "mockumentary" films that...
  
   (b. 1948)

Anthony Haden-Guest

Anthony Haden-Guest

Anthony Haden-Guest is a British-American writer, reporter, cartoonist, art critic, poet, and socialite who lives in New York and London. He is a frequent contributor to major magazines and has had several books published.-Family:...

, the current baron's older half-brother, was born out of wedlock and hence was not in the line of succession. As the current baron's children are adopted (and likewise not in the line of succession), the heir presumptive

Heir Presumptive

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 is the present holder's brother, The Hon.

The Honourable

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 Nicholas Haden-Guest

Nicholas Guest

Nicholas Haden-Guest is an American actor. He primarily works as a voice actor, but is best known for a TV role, as the principal in the NBC teen sitcom, USA High.-Personal life:...

(b. 1955).