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Bambridge married Elsie Kipling, daughter of [[Rudyard Kipling]], on October 22, 1924. The marriage, was at the church of St Margaret, Westminster,<ref>BMI Index Dec 1924Qtr St.Geo.H.Sq. 1a 1047</ref> the reception was at the home of [[Stanley Baldwin]], a Kipling family cousin.<ref>{{cite news |title=Milestones: Nov. 3, 1924 |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,736465,00.html |work=Time |date=1924-11-03 }}</ref> The couple had no children. |
George Bambridge married Elsie Kipling, daughter of [[Rudyard Kipling]], on October 22, 1924. The marriage, was at the church of St Margaret, Westminster,<ref>BMI Index Dec 1924Qtr St.Geo.H.Sq. 1a 1047</ref> the reception was at the home of [[Stanley Baldwin]], a Kipling family cousin.<ref>{{cite news |title=Milestones: Nov. 3, 1924 |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,736465,00.html |work=Time |date=1924-11-03 }}</ref> The couple had no children. |
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George Bambridge (September 27, 1892-December 16, 1943) was a British diplomat. His wife Elsie Kipling was the daughter of author Rudyard Kipling.
Biography
Early life and education
George Louis St Clair Bambridge, born 27 September 1892, the son of George Frederick Bambridge and Ada Henrietta Baddeley[1]. George Frederick Bambridge was the private secretary of Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha[2][3] and the son of photography pioneer William Bambridge;, his mother was Ada Henrietta Baddeley, the daughter of Major John Fraser Loddington Baddeley, an officer of the Royal Artillery and later of the Royal Gunpowder Factory, Waltham Abbey[4][5]. Following the deaths of his mother in 1896 and his father in 1898, George Bambridge was brought up in the family of Cecil Floersheim, the husband of George's mother's sister. He was educated at Eton. [6]
Career
At the start of the Great War, Bambridge applied for and received a commission, initialy as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Middlesex Regiment, then later as a Captain in the Irish Guards he served from 1914 to 1918 [7] and was awarded the Military Cross. Citation reads: "when the enemy, attacking in great strength, succeded in driving a wedge into our line, this officer immediatly led a counter-attack which was entirly successful, the enemy being driven back with loss and the line re-established. It was entirly due to his initiatve and dash that the line was maintained.".[8]
After the war, he served with Her Majesty's Diplomatic Service as an honorary attache in the embassies in Madrid August 1922 - resigned July 1924, Brussels October 1924, Madrid, December 1925 - resigned 1928 and Paris June 1929 - resigned 1932. [9]
Marriage and children
George Bambridge married Elsie Kipling, daughter of Rudyard Kipling, on October 22, 1924. The marriage, was at the church of St Margaret, Westminster,[10] the reception was at the home of Stanley Baldwin, a Kipling family cousin.[11] The couple had no children.
Death and afterward
Bambridge died December 16, 1943. His wife died in 1976. They are buried in St Andrew Churchyard, Wimpole.
References
- ^ BMD Index: Dec Qtr 1892. St Georges H. Sq. 1a. 472a.
- ^ Whitaker’s Almanac 1895 page 94. Col 1. Line 73.
- ^ BMD Index: June Qtr 1851. Kensington 3. 369.
- ^ Pamphlet on the Manufacture of Gunpowder, as carried out at the Government Factory, Waltham Abbey: by Major Fraser Baddeley RA 1857
- ^ Orbitury in: Proceedings of the Inst. of Civil Engineers Vol XXII. Session 1862-63 pages 634-636
- ^ Eton Register Part VII. 1899-1909. Page 170
- ^ PRO Ref;WO339/1011
- ^ The Times 21st September 1918. page 4 col B
- ^ Foreign Office List 1933
- ^ BMI Index Dec 1924Qtr St.Geo.H.Sq. 1a 1047
- ^ "Milestones: Nov. 3, 1924". Time. 1924-11-03.