George Broadbridge, 1st Baron Broadbridge

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George Thomas Broadbridge, 1st Baron Broadbridge KCVO FRGS FCIS (13 February 1869–17 April 1952) was a British Conservative Party politician, most prominently in the City of London.

Broadbridge was sometime Alderman of the Candlewick Ward of the City and then Sheriff of the City of London from 1933 to 1934 and became Master of the Worshipful Company of Gardeners that year. He then became Lord Mayor of London in 1936 and on leaving that office a year later, was created a baronet and became MP for the City of London from 1938 to 1945. On his retirement from politics that year, he was raised to the peerage as Baron Broadbridge and on his death in 1952, was succeeded by his son.

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Thomas Vansittart Bowater	Member of Parliament for City of London 1938–1945	Succeeded by Ralph Assheton
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by New creation	Baron Broadbridge 1945–1952	Succeeded by Eric Broadbridge