Edward Bridges, 1st Baron Bridges
Sir Norman Brook | |
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Head of the Home Civil Service | |
In office 1945–1956 | |
Preceded by | Sir Horace Wilson |
Succeeded by | Sir Norman Brook |
Personal details | |
Born | Edward Ettingdene Bridges 4 August 1892 |
Died | 27 August 1969 | (aged 77)
Spouse | Katharine Farrer (died in 1986) |
Children | 4, including Thomas and Margaret |
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Alma mater | Magdalen College, Oxford |
Edward Ettingdere Bridges, 1st Baron Bridges,
Early life
Bridges was born on 4 August 1892 in
Career
Military service
Bridges then fought in the
Public service
He later joined the
During his time as the Head of the Home Civil Service, Bridges, promoted the opening of the
After his retirement, Bridges served as Chancellor of the University of Reading. He was given honorary degrees from several universities and appointed a Fellow of the Royal Society.[1] He also published The State and the Arts, Romanes Lecture for 1958, Oxford, and The Treasury (Oxford University Press, 1964).
Personal life
Bridges married Katharine Dianthe Farrer, daughter of Thomas Farrer, 2nd Baron Farrer, on 6 June 1922. They had four children:
- Shirley Frances Bridges (1924–2015)
- Thomas Edward Bridges, 2nd Baron Bridges (1927–2017), a diplomat
- Robert Bridges (1930–2015) (an architect)
- Margaret Evelyn Bridges (1932–2014[6]) a medieval historian. married, firstly, Trevor Aston, secondly Paul Buxton.
Bridges died at Winterfold Heath, Surrey, on 27 August 1969, aged 77. He was succeeded in the barony by his eldest son Thomas Edward Bridges, a diplomat who served as British Ambassador to Italy from 1983 to 1987.
Honours
In the
Arms
References
- ^ S2CID 57043215.
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- ^ "No. 13033". The Edinburgh Gazette. 1 January 1917. p. 31.
- ^ Churchill, Winston S., The Second World War, Vol. II: Their Finest Hour (New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1985), 17-18
- ISBN 978-1-5272-6019-1
- ^ "Margaret Aston - obituary".
- ^ "No. 34585". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 December 1938. p. 4.
- ^ "No. 36309". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 1943. p. 4.
- ^ "No. 37598". The London Gazette (Supplement). 4 July 1946. p. 2764.
- ^ "Fellows 1660–2007" (PDF). Royal Society. Retrieved 26 September 2016.
- ^ "No. 39863". The London Gazette (Supplement). 26 May 1953. p. 2940.
- ^ "No. 40996". The London Gazette. 8 February 1957. p. 873.
- ^ "No. 43633". The London Gazette. 23 April 1965. p. 4005.