Paul Augustus Bridle
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Paul Augustus Bridle is a former Canadian diplomat. He was born in October 1914 in Toronto, Ontario, the son of Augustus Bridle, a journalist. He studied at Parkdale Collegiate Institute and the University of Toronto, receiving his BA in 1937. He then taught briefly at Upper Canada College before joining the Canadian Navy in World War II. In 1942, he married Helen Joan Hilborn and they had at least one daughter. After the war he joined the Department of External Affairs. He was appointed Acting High Commissioner to Newfoundland followed by Commissioner to Laos (ICSC) then as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Turkey then a second term as Commissioner to Laos (ICSC). Bridle died c. 1980
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List of City of Cambridge Archives collections including Hilborn-Bridle fons
| Diplomatic posts | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by William George Marcel Olivier |
Commissioner to Laos (ICSC) 1962-1964 |
Succeeded by Donald Wallace Munro |
| Preceded by Evan Benjamin Rogers |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Turkey 1961-1962 |
Succeeded by Bruce MacGillivray Williams |
| Preceded by Léon Mayrand |
Commissioner to Laos (ICSC) 1955-1956 |
Succeeded by Peter George Raoul Campbell |
| Preceded by James Scott Macdonald |
Acting High Commissioner to Newfoundland 1948-1948 |
Succeeded by Charles Jost Burchell |
