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| rdfs:label | - William Bridgeman, 1st Viscount Bridgeman
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| rdfs:comment | - The Right Honourable William Clive Bridgeman, 1st Viscount Bridgeman, P.C.
* Died: 14 August 1935
- William Clive Bridgeman (31 December 1864 – 14 August 1935), known as Viscount Bridgeman of Leigh from 1929 was a Conservative Party politician. The son of a Staffordshire clergyman, Bridgeman was educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge, graduating in 1887, He played cricket for both Eton and Cambridge, and was elected President of the Marylebone Cricket Club in 1931. In 1897 he was elected to the London School Board as a Moderate Party member representing the Hackney Division. He remained a member of the board until its abolition in 1904. Wikipedia page [1] refers.
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| abstract | - William Clive Bridgeman (31 December 1864 – 14 August 1935), known as Viscount Bridgeman of Leigh from 1929 was a Conservative Party politician. The son of a Staffordshire clergyman, Bridgeman was educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge, graduating in 1887, He played cricket for both Eton and Cambridge, and was elected President of the Marylebone Cricket Club in 1931. He became active in Conservative politics, serving as private secretary to Lord Knutsford, Colonial Secretary and Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, Chancellor of the Exchequer, in the cabinets of Lord Salisbury. In 1892, 1895 and 1904 he made unsuccessful attempts to win parliamentary seats. In 1897 he was elected to the London School Board as a Moderate Party member representing the Hackney Division. He remained a member of the board until its abolition in 1904. The London County Council took over the duties of the school board, Bridgeman was elected as a councillor for Marylebone East, in March 1904 but resigned in November of the same year. In 1906 he won a seat in the House of Commons, serving as MP for Oswestry, Shropshire until 1929. He was Home Secretary from 1922–24 and First Lord of the Admiralty 1924-29 in the cabinets of Andrew Bonar Law and Stanley Baldwin. In 1929 he was elevated to the House of Lords as Viscount Bridgeman of Leigh. In 1933 he was appointed to the board of governors of the British Broadcasting Corporation, and was chairman of the governors at the time of his death. Wikipedia page [1] refers.
- The Right Honourable William Clive Bridgeman, 1st Viscount Bridgeman, P.C.
* Died: 14 August 1935
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