Arthur Baldwin, 3rd Earl Baldwin of Bewdley

Who was Arthur Baldwin, 3rd Earl Baldwin of Bewdley?

Arthur Windham Baldwin, 3rd Earl Baldwin of Bewdley was a British insurance company director and World War II RAF officer. He was the son of Stanley Baldwin, 1st Earl of Baldwin of Bewdley and Lucy Ridsdale.

Baldwin was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge.

On 25 August 1936 he married Joan Elspeth Tomes, the daughter of Charles Alexander Tomes. They had one child, Edward Alfred Alexander Baldwin, later the 4th Earl.

He was a director of the Great Western Railway and between 1938 and 1974 he was a director of the Equitable Life Assurance Society.

He fought with the RAF during World War II.

On 10 August 1958, on the death of the 2nd Earl, his brother, Oliver, he succeeded to the United Kingdom titles of Earl Baldwin of Bewdley and Viscount Corvedale.

He died 5 July 1976 aged 72.