Eric Broadbridge, 2nd Baron Broadbridge

Eric Wilberforce Broadbridge, 2nd Baron Broadbridge (22 December 1895 – 18 November 1972), was a hereditary peer and businessman.

The Right Honourable

The Lord Broadbridge
Born(1895-12-22)22 December 1895
Died18 November 1972(1972-11-18) (aged 76)
Occupation(s)Hereditary peer and businessman

Background

He was born in 1895, the son of George Broadbridge, 1st Baron Broadbridge, and Fanny Kathleen Brigden. He married Mabel Daisy Clarke, the daughter of Arthur Edward Clarke. He succeeded to the title of Baron Broadbridge, of Brighton, co. Sussex (U.K., 1945), in April 1952.

Education

Broadbridge was educated at Hurstpierpoint College. He fought in the First World War, in the Machine Gun Corps.[1]

Arms
Coat of arms of Eric Broadbridge, 2nd Baron Broadbridge
Crest
A dolphin hauriant Argent between two gilly-flowers Gules slipped and leaved Vert.
Escutcheon
Gules in chief two pens in saltire and in base over water a stone bridge of a single span embattled Proper.
Supporters
On either side a dolphin Proper charged with a sword erect Gules.
Motto
Industria Et Perseverantia (By Industry & Perseverance)[2]

References
  1. ‘BROADBRIDGE’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2014; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014.
  2. Debrett's Peerage. 2019.


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