Difference between revisions of "Edward Bridges"
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
(Image and death date) |
m (typo) |
||
| (One intermediate revision by the same user not shown) | |||
| Line 15: | Line 15: | ||
|birth_name=Edward Ettingdene Bridges | |birth_name=Edward Ettingdene Bridges | ||
|employment={{job | |employment={{job | ||
| + | |title=Chancellor of the University of Reading | ||
| + | |start=1959 | ||
| + | |end=1969 | ||
| + | }}{{job | ||
|title=Cabinet Secretary | |title=Cabinet Secretary | ||
|start=1938 | |start=1938 | ||
Latest revision as of 07:09, 16 August 2021
 Edward Bridges    (civil servant) | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | ||||||||||
| Born | Edward Ettingdene Bridges 4 August 1892 | |||||||||
| Died | 27 August 1969 (Age 77) | |||||||||
| Nationality | UK | |||||||||
| Alma mater | Eton, Magdalen College (Oxford) | |||||||||
| Children | 4 | |||||||||
| Spouse | • Katharine • Lady Bridges | |||||||||
As Head of the Home Civil Service, he learned about the existence of Stewart Menzies' personal slush fund.
| ||||||||||
Edward Bridges
Activities
Just before Stewart Menzies retired as MI6 head, he met to tell his successor about the "unofficial reserve", a multi-million pound slush fund he had personally administered. Edward Bridges asked Menzies how much money he had in the account and expressed concern about lack of accountability. [1]
Many thanks to our Patrons who cover ~2/3 of our hosting bill. Please join them if you can.
