Edward Bridges, 1st Baron Bridges
Politician
1892 – 1969
Who was Edward Bridges, 1st Baron Bridges?
Edward Ettingdene Bridges, 1st Baron Bridges, KG, GCB, GCVO, PC, MC, FRS was a British civil servant.
Born in Yattendon in Berkshire, Bridges was the son of Robert Bridges, later Poet Laureate, and Mary Monica Waterhouse, daughter of the architect Alfred Waterhouse. He was educated at Eton and Magdalen College, Oxford. Bridges then fought in the First World War with the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, achieved the rank of Captain and was awarded the Military Cross.
He later joined the Civil Service and in 1938 he was appointed Cabinet Secretary, succeeding Sir Maurice Hankey. Bridges remained in this post until 1946, when he was made Permanent Secretary to the Treasury and Head of the Home Civil Service, a position he held until 1956. He was invested a Privy Counsellor in 1953 and in 1957 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Bridges, of Headley in the County of Surrey and of Saint Nicholas at Wade in the County of Kent. In 1965 he was given the additional honour of being made a Knight of the Garter.
After his retirement Lord Bridges notably served as Chancellor of the University of Reading.
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- Born
- Aug 4, 1892
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Education
- Eton College
- Employment
- University of Reading
- Died
- Aug 27, 1969
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on July 23, 2013
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