Baron Bridges, of Headley

Headley, Surrey

Headley is a small village and civil parish in Surrey, England covering 675 hectares.The village is bordered to its west by Leatherhead, to the north by Ashtead and Langley Vale, Walton-on-the-Hill to the east and to its south by Box Hill. It is just outside the M25 motorway encircling...

 in the County of Surrey

Surrey

Surrey is a county in the South East of England and is one of the Home Counties. The county borders Greater London, Kent, East Sussex, West Sussex, Hampshire and Berkshire. The historic county town is Guildford. Surrey County Council sits at Kingston upon Thames, although this has been part of...

 and of Saint Nicholas at Wade in the County of Kent

Kent

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, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom

Peerage of the United Kingdom

The Peerage of the United Kingdom comprises most peerages created in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the Act of Union in 1801, when it replaced the Peerage of Great Britain...

. It was created in 1957 for the prominent civil servant Sir Edward Bridges. He was Cabinet Secretary

Cabinet Secretary

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 from 1938 to 1946. 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 is one of the ninety-two elected hereditary peer

Hereditary peer

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s that remain in the House of Lords

House of Lords

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 after the passing of the House of Lords Act 1999

House of Lords Act 1999

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 and sits as a cross-bencher.

The first Baron was the son of poet laureate

Poet Laureate

A poet laureate is a poet officially appointed by a government and is often expected to compose poems for state occasions and other government events...

 Robert Bridges

Robert Bridges

Robert Seymour Bridges, OM, was a British poet, and poet laureate from 1913 to 1930.-Personal and professional life:...

.

Barons Bridges (1957)

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

The heir apparent

Heir apparent

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 is the present holder's son the Hon. Mark Thomas Bridges

Mark Bridges

The Hon. Mark Thomas Bridges is the solicitor to, among others, Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom, the Princess Royal and the Duchy of Lancaster....

(b. 1954)

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