George Bridges, Baron Bridges of Headley

James George Robert Bridges, Baron Bridges of Headley, MBE (born 15 July 1970)[1] is a British politician. He served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department for Exiting the European Union.[2]


The Lord Bridges of Headley

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union
In office
13 July 2016  12 June 2017
Prime MinisterTheresa May
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded bySteve Baker
Parliamentary Secretary for the Cabinet Office
In office
29 May 2015  12 July 2016
Prime MinisterDavid Cameron
Preceded bySam Gyimah
Succeeded byChris Skidmore
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
Assumed office
2 June 2015
Life Peerage
Personal details
Born (1970-07-15) 15 July 1970
Political partyConservative
Alma materExeter College, Oxford

Education

Bridges was educated at Rokeby Preparatory School, then attended Eton College followed by Exeter College, Oxford, where he received a BA degree (later promoted to an MA by seniority).[1]

Life and career

Bridges was Assistant Political Secretary to the Prime Minister John Major from 1994 to 1997. He was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in 1997.[3] In the 2000s he served as Chairman of the Research Department and Campaign Director of the Conservative Party.

He was created a life peer as Baron Bridges of Headley, of Headley Heath in the County of Surrey, on 28 May 2015.[4][5]

Family connections

The Lord Bridges of Headley is a great-grandson of Poet Laureate Robert Bridges, and a grandson of senior civil servant Edward Bridges, 1st Baron Bridges. He is a nephew of the late crossbench peer and ambassador to Italy Thomas Bridges, 2nd Baron Bridges and of historian Margaret Aston.

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References

Orders of precedence in the United Kingdom
Preceded by
The Lord O'Neill of Gatley
Gentlemen
Baron Bridges of Headley
Followed by
The Lord Prior of Brampton
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