Baron Bridges

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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 civil servant Sir Edward Bridges. From 1969 the title has been held by his son, the second Baron. He served as British Ambassador to Italy from 1983 to 1987. Lord Bridges is one of the ninety-two elected hereditary peers that remain in the House of Lords after the passing of the House of Lords Act 1999 and sits as a cross-bencher.

[edit] Barons Bridges (1957)

• Edward Ettingdene Bridges, 1st Baron Bridges (1892-1969)
• Thomas Edward Bridges, 2nd Baron Bridges (b. 1927)

The Heir Apparent is the present holder's son Hon. Mark Thomas Bridges (b. 25 July 1954)

His son and heir apparent is Miles Edmund Farrer Bridges (b. 1 July 1992)