Martin Broadbridge, 4th Baron Broadbridge
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Martin Hugh Broadbridge, 4th Baron Broadbridge (29 November 1929 – 19 April 2020), was a British hereditary peer.[1]
Biography
[edit]Broadbridge was born 29 November 1929, son of Hugh Trevor Broadbridge (1903–1979), by his wife the former Anne Marjorie Elfick (1903–1979).[2]
He was educated at St George's College, Weybridge, a private Catholic school in Surrey, England. He studied at the University of Birmingham, graduating with a Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree in 1954.[1]
From 1954 to 1963, Broadbridge was a member of Her Majesty's Overseas Civil Service (HMOCS), and served as a district officer in Northern Nigeria. Returning to the United Kingdom, he was director and manager for a specialist road surface treatments company from 1963 to 1992. In retirement, he continued to work as a consultant.[1]
When Peter Broadbridge, 3rd Baron Broadbridge, died on 6 February 2000, he was succeeded to the peerage and baronetcy by Martin, his cousin, who became the 4th Baron Broadbridge.[2]
Broadbridge died in Cardiff, Wales, on 19 April 2020. He was 90.[2]
Personal life
[edit]On 31 July 1954, he married Norma Sheffield, daughter of Major Herbert Sheffield, MC: they divorced in 1967. He married secondly, in 1968, Mary Elizabeth Trotman (1923–2007), daughter of Joseph Emlyn Trotman (1893–1966). He had a son, Richard, and a daughter, Katherine, from his first marriage. The son, Air Vice-Marshal Richard John Martin Broadbridge, CB (born 29 January 1959), succeeded to the peerage and baronetcy as Richard Broadbridge, 5th Baron Broadbridge.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Broadbridge, 4th Baron, (Martin Hugh Broadbridge) (29 Nov. 1929–19 April 2020)". Who Was Who. Oxford University Press. 1 December 2020. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
- ^ a b c d Rhodes, Michael (20 April 2020). "The 4th Baron Broadbridge 1929-2020". Peerage News. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
