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'''Edward Bridges'''
 
'''Edward Bridges'''

Revision as of 12:12, 21 November 2017

Person.png Edward Bridges  Rdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
(civil servant)
Born4 August 1892
Alma materMagdalen College, Oxford
Children4
Spouse • Katharine
• Lady Bridges
As Head of the Home Civil Service, he learned about the existence of Stewart Menzies' personal slush fund.

Employment.png Cabinet Secretary Wikipedia-icon.png

In office
1938 - 1946

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]

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