Edward Bridges, 1st Baron Bridges
Edward Ettingdene Bridges, 1st Baron Bridges KG , GCB , GCVO , PC , MC (born August 4, 1892 in Yattendon , West Berkshire , † August 27, 1969 in Winterfold Heath , Surrey ) was a British politician and civil servant .
life and career
Bridges was the son of Robert Bridges and Mary Monica Waterhouse, daughter of the architect Alfred Waterhouse . He attended Eton College and then studied at Magdalen College of the University of Oxford . Bridges fought in the First World War with the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry , there reached the rank of Captain and was awarded the Military Cross .
He later entered the civil service and was appointed Cabinet Secretary in 1938, succeeding Sir Maurice Hankey . Bridges held this post until 1946, when he was made permanent secretary of state in the Treasury ( Permanent Secretary to the Treasury ) until he retired in 1956. In 1953 he was Privy Counselor and 1957 to the peer as Baron Bridges , of Headley in the County of Surrey and of Saint Nicholas at Wade in the County of Kent appointed. In 1965 he also became a knight of the Order of the Garter .
After he retired, he became Chancellor of the University of Reading . He received honorary degrees from various universities and was made a member of the Royal Society .
His title heir was his eldest son, Thomas Bridges, 2nd Baron Bridges , a prominent diplomat.
family
Bridges married Katharine Dianthe Farrer, daughter of Thomas Farrer, 2nd Baron Farrer, on June 6, 1922. They had four children; two sons and two daughters:
- Hon. Shirley Frances Bridges (* 1924)
- Thomas Edward Bridges, 2nd Baron Bridges (1927–2017), diplomat
- Hon. Robert Bridges (* 1930), architect
- Hon. Margaret Evelyn Bridges (born 1932), historian
Publications
- The State and the Arts, Romanes Lecture for 1958, Oxford, and The Treasury (Oxford University Press, 1964).
swell
- Entry on Leigh Rayment
- Family tree ( Memento from December 5, 2004 in the Internet Archive )
- Edward Bridges at Hansard (English)
- Edward Ettingdean Bridges, 1st Baron Bridges on thepeerage.com , accessed September 11, 2016.
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| New title created |
Baron Bridges 1957-1969 |
Thomas Bridges |
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Bridges, Edward, 1st Baron Bridges |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bridges, Edward Ettingdene Bridges 1st Baron (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British politician and civil servant |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 4th August 1892 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Yattendon , West Berkshire |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 27, 1969 |
| Place of death | Winterfold Heath , Surrey |