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- Edward_Bridges,_1st_Baron_Bridges abstract "Edward Ettingdene Bridges, 1st Baron Bridges, KG, GCB, GCVO, PC, MC, FRS (4 August 1892 – 27 August 1969) 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. Moreover, he was given honorary degrees from several universities and appointed a Fellow of the Royal Society. He also published The State and the Arts, Romanes Lecture for 1958, Oxford, and The Treasury (Oxford University Press, 1964).Bridges married Katharine Dianthe Farrer, daughter of Thomas Cecil Farrer, 2nd Baron Farrer, on 6 June 1922. They had four children: Hon. Shirley Frances Bridges (b. 1924) Thomas Edward Bridges, 2nd Baron Bridges (b. 1927) (a diplomat) Hon. Robert Bridges (b. 1930) (an architect) Hon. Margaret Evelyn Bridges (b. 1932) (a medieval historian)Lord Bridges died at Winterfold Heath, Surrey, on 27 August 1969, aged 77. He was succeeded in the barony by his eldest son Thomas, a prominent diplomat who notably served as British Ambassador to Italy from 1983 to 1987.".
- Edward_Bridges,_1st_Baron_Bridges birthDate "1892-08-04".
- Edward_Bridges,_1st_Baron_Bridges birthYear "1892".
- Edward_Bridges,_1st_Baron_Bridges deathDate "1969-08-27".
- Edward_Bridges,_1st_Baron_Bridges deathYear "1969".
- Edward_Bridges,_1st_Baron_Bridges office "Cabinet Secretary".
- Edward_Bridges,_1st_Baron_Bridges office "Head of the Home Civil Service".
- Edward_Bridges,_1st_Baron_Bridges successor Norman_Brook,_1st_Baron_Normanbrook.
- Edward_Bridges,_1st_Baron_Bridges successor William_Armstrong,_Baron_Armstrong_of_Sanderstead.
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- Edward_Bridges,_1st_Baron_Bridges after Norman_Brook,_1st_Baron_Normanbrook.
- Edward_Bridges,_1st_Baron_Bridges after Roger_Makins,_1st_Baron_Sherfield.
- Edward_Bridges,_1st_Baron_Bridges after Thomas_Bridges,_2nd_Baron_Bridges.
- Edward_Bridges,_1st_Baron_Bridges after William_Armstrong,_Baron_Armstrong_of_Sanderstead.
- Edward_Bridges,_1st_Baron_Bridges before Horace_Wilson_(civil_servant).
- Edward_Bridges,_1st_Baron_Bridges before Maurice_Hankey,_1st_Baron_Hankey.
- Edward_Bridges,_1st_Baron_Bridges before Samuel_Hoare,_1st_Viscount_Templewood.
- Edward_Bridges,_1st_Baron_Bridges before "New Creation".
- Edward_Bridges,_1st_Baron_Bridges children "4".
- Edward_Bridges,_1st_Baron_Bridges dateOfBirth "1892-08-04".
- Edward_Bridges,_1st_Baron_Bridges dateOfDeath "1969-08-27".
- Edward_Bridges,_1st_Baron_Bridges dateofbirth "1892-08-04".
- Edward_Bridges,_1st_Baron_Bridges dateofdeath "1969-08-27".
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- Edward_Bridges,_1st_Baron_Bridges honorificPrefix The_Right_Honourable.
- Edward_Bridges,_1st_Baron_Bridges name "Bridges, Edward Bridges, 1st Baron".
- Edward_Bridges,_1st_Baron_Bridges name "The Lord Bridges".
- Edward_Bridges,_1st_Baron_Bridges office Cabinet_Secretary.
- Edward_Bridges,_1st_Baron_Bridges office Her_Majesty's_Civil_Service.
- Edward_Bridges,_1st_Baron_Bridges predecessor Horace_Wilson_(civil_servant).
- Edward_Bridges,_1st_Baron_Bridges predecessor Maurice_Hankey,_1st_Baron_Hankey.
- Edward_Bridges,_1st_Baron_Bridges spouse "Katharine, Lady Bridges".
- Edward_Bridges,_1st_Baron_Bridges successor Norman_Brook,_1st_Baron_Normanbrook.
- Edward_Bridges,_1st_Baron_Bridges successor William_Armstrong,_Baron_Armstrong_of_Sanderstead.
- Edward_Bridges,_1st_Baron_Bridges termEnd "1946".
- Edward_Bridges,_1st_Baron_Bridges termEnd "1956".
- Edward_Bridges,_1st_Baron_Bridges termStart "1938".
- Edward_Bridges,_1st_Baron_Bridges termStart "1945".
- Edward_Bridges,_1st_Baron_Bridges title Baron_Bridges.
- Edward_Bridges,_1st_Baron_Bridges title Cabinet_Secretary.
- Edward_Bridges,_1st_Baron_Bridges title Her_Majesty's_Civil_Service.
- Edward_Bridges,_1st_Baron_Bridges title University_of_Reading.
- Edward_Bridges,_1st_Baron_Bridges years "1938".
- Edward_Bridges,_1st_Baron_Bridges years "1945".
- Edward_Bridges,_1st_Baron_Bridges years "1957".
- Edward_Bridges,_1st_Baron_Bridges years "1959".
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- Edward_Bridges,_1st_Baron_Bridges comment "Edward Ettingdene Bridges, 1st Baron Bridges, KG, GCB, GCVO, PC, MC, FRS (4 August 1892 – 27 August 1969) 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.".
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