Son of George Frederick Bambridge and Ada Henrietta (née Baddeley). He became the private secretary to Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and the son of photography pioneer William Bambridge; his mother was the daughter of Major John Fraser Loddington Baddeley, an officer of the Royal Artillery and later of the Royal Gunpowder Factory, Waltham Abbey. Following the deaths of his mother (1896) and his father (1898), Bambridge was brought up in the family of Cecil Floersheim, the husband of George's mother's sister. He was educated at Eton. At the start of the Great War, he applied for and received a commission, initially as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Middlesex Regiment, then later as a Captain in the Irish Guards in which he served from 1914 to 1918. He was awarded the Military Cross. Citation reads: "when the enemy, attacking in great strength, succeeded in driving a wedge into our line, this officer immediately led a counter-attack which was entirely successful, the enemy being driven back with loss and the line re-established. It was entirly due to his initiative and dash that the line was maintained." [The Times, 21 September 1918, page 4 col B].
After the Great War, he served with the Diplomatic Service as an honorary attaché in the embassies in Madrid August 1922 - resigned July 1924, Brussels October 1924, Madrid, December 1925 - resigned 1928 and Paris June 1929 - resigned 1932.
He married Elsie Kipling, daughter of Rudyard Kipling, on 22 October 1924 St Margaret, Westminster, the reception being held at the home of Stanley Baldwin, a Kipling family cousin.
(Bio by geoffrey gillon)
After the Great War, he served with the Diplomatic Service as an honorary attaché in the embassies in Madrid August 1922 - resigned July 1924, Brussels October 1924, Madrid, December 1925 - resigned 1928 and Paris June 1929 - resigned 1932.
He married Elsie Kipling, daughter of Rudyard Kipling, on 22 October 1924 St Margaret, Westminster, the reception being held at the home of Stanley Baldwin, a Kipling family cousin.
(Bio by geoffrey gillon)
Son of George Frederick Bambridge and Ada Henrietta (née Baddeley). He became the private secretary to Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and the son of photography pioneer William Bambridge; his mother was the daughter of Major John Fraser Loddington Baddeley, an officer of the Royal Artillery and later of the Royal Gunpowder Factory, Waltham Abbey. Following the deaths of his mother (1896) and his father (1898), Bambridge was brought up in the family of Cecil Floersheim, the husband of George's mother's sister. He was educated at Eton. At the start of the Great War, he applied for and received a commission, initially as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Middlesex Regiment, then later as a Captain in the Irish Guards in which he served from 1914 to 1918. He was awarded the Military Cross. Citation reads: "when the enemy, attacking in great strength, succeeded in driving a wedge into our line, this officer immediately led a counter-attack which was entirely successful, the enemy being driven back with loss and the line re-established. It was entirly due to his initiative and dash that the line was maintained." [The Times, 21 September 1918, page 4 col B].
After the Great War, he served with the Diplomatic Service as an honorary attaché in the embassies in Madrid August 1922 - resigned July 1924, Brussels October 1924, Madrid, December 1925 - resigned 1928 and Paris June 1929 - resigned 1932.
He married Elsie Kipling, daughter of Rudyard Kipling, on 22 October 1924 St Margaret, Westminster, the reception being held at the home of Stanley Baldwin, a Kipling family cousin.
(Bio by geoffrey gillon)
After the Great War, he served with the Diplomatic Service as an honorary attaché in the embassies in Madrid August 1922 - resigned July 1924, Brussels October 1924, Madrid, December 1925 - resigned 1928 and Paris June 1929 - resigned 1932.
He married Elsie Kipling, daughter of Rudyard Kipling, on 22 October 1924 St Margaret, Westminster, the reception being held at the home of Stanley Baldwin, a Kipling family cousin.
(Bio by geoffrey gillon)
