George Broadbridge, 1st Baron Broadbridge

George Thomas Broadbridge, 1st Baron Broadbridge KCVO FRGS (13 February 1869 – 17 April 1952)[1] 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.

He was elected unopposed as Member of Parliament (MP) for the City of London at a by-election in April 1938,[2] and held the seat until September 1945 when he was raised to the peerage as Baron Broadbridge.[3] On his death in 1952, he was succeeded in the title by his son Eric.

References

  1. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "L" (part 3)
  2. Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 14. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
  3. Peerages: B, part 5, Leigh Rayment's Peerage pages
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Sir Vansittart Bowater, Bt
Sir Alan Garrett Anderson
Member of Parliament for City of London
19381945
With: Sir Alan Garrett Anderson to 1940
Sir Andrew Rae Duncan from 1940
Succeeded by
Ralph Assheton
Sir Andrew Rae Duncan
Peerage of the United Kingdom
New creation Baron Broadbridge
1945–1952
Succeeded by
Eric Wilberforce Broadbridge


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