Baron Bridges

Baron Bridges, of Headley in the County of Surrey and of Saint Nicholas at Wade in the County of Kent, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1957 for the prominent civil servant Sir Edward Bridges. He was Cabinet Secretary from 1938 to 1946. As of 2010 the title is held by his son, the second Baron, who succeeded in 1969. He notably served as British Ambassador to Italy from 1983 to 1987. Lord Bridges was one of the ninety-two elected hereditary peers that remained in the House of Lords after the passing of the House of Lords Act 1999, before his removal by virtue of non-attendance in 2016.

The first Baron was the son of poet laureate Robert Bridges. The first Baron's grandson was created a Life Peer as Baron Bridges of Headley.

Barons Bridges (1957)

The heir apparent is the present holder's son the Hon. Mark Thomas Bridges (b. 1954)

The heir apparent's heir apparent is his son Miles Edmund Farrer Bridges (b. 1992)

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