George Bridges, Baron Bridges of Headley

The Right Honourable
The Lord Bridges of Headley
MBE
The Right Honourable The Lord Bridges of Headley MBE
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union
	In office; 13 July 2016 – 12 June 2017
Prime Minister	Theresa May
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Steve Baker
Parliamentary Secretary for the Cabinet Office
	In office; 29 May 2015 – 12 July 2016
Prime Minister	David Cameron
Preceded by	Sam Gyimah
Succeeded by	Chris Skidmore
Member of the House of Lords; Lord Temporal
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 2 June 2015; Life Peerage
Personal details
Born	15 July 1970
Political party	Conservative
Alma mater	Exeter College, Oxford

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]

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]

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]

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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