William Bridgeman, 1st Viscount Bridgeman
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The Right Honourable The Viscount Bridgeman PC JP DL |
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| Home Secretary | |
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In office 25 October 1922 – 22 January 1924 |
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| Prime Minister |
Andrew Bonar Law Stanley Baldwin |
| Preceded by | Edward Shortt |
| Succeeded by | Arthur Henderson |
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| Born |
31 December 1864 London |
| Died | 14 August 1935 (aged 70) Leigh Manor, Shropshire |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Caroline Parker (d. 1961) |
| Alma mater | Trinity College, Cambridge |
William Clive Bridgeman, 1st Viscount Bridgeman, PC, JP, DL (31 December 1864 – 14 August 1935) was a British Conservative politician and peer. He notably served as Home Secretary between 1922 and 1924.
Bridgeman was born in London, UK, the son of Reverend Hon. John Robert Orlando Bridgeman, third son of the 2nd Earl of Bradford, and Marianne Caroline Clive. He was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge. While at Cambridge, he played first-class cricket for the Cambridge University Cricket Club. He was also secretary of the Pitt Club.
Bridgeman entered a career in politics early, becoming assistant private secretary to Lord Knutsford, the Colonial Secretary (1889–1892), and then to Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, the Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1895 to 1897. In 1897 he became a member of the London School Board, and in 1904 he was elected to the London County Council. In 1906 he was elected as a member of parliament (MP) for Oswestry, staying in this seat until his retirement in 1929.
In 1911, Bridgeman became an opposition whip, and became a government whip in the Asquith coalition government in 1915. From 1915 to 1916, he was Lord of the Treasury and Assistant Director of the War Trade Department. With the creation of Lloyd George's coalition in 1916, Bridgeman became Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Labour until 1919, and then Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade in 1919 and 1920, and then served as Secretary for Mines from 1920 to 1922. In these roles, Bridgeman became a devoted opponent of strikes and socialism, although he came to admire more moderate trade unionists. He was appointed to the Privy Council on 13 October 1920.
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