Richard Broadbridge, 5th Baron Broadbridge

The Right Honourable

The Lord Broadbridge
Born (1959-01-20) 20 January 1959 (age 65)
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service/branchRoyal Air Force
Years of service1981–present
RankAir Vice-Marshal
UnitRAF Medical Services
AwardsCompanion of the Order of the Bath

Air Vice-Marshal Richard John Martin Broadbridge, 5th Baron Broadbridge, CB, QHS, FRAeS, FRCGP (born 20 January 1959), is a British physician, senior Royal Air Force officer, and hereditary peer. Having joined the RAF in 1981,[1] he rose to serve as Director of Healthcare Delivery and Training, Defence Medical Services from 2014 to 2018 and acting Surgeon General in 2017.[2] He transferred to the Royal Air Force Reserve on 5 February 2018,[3] and succeeded his father as Baron Broadbridge in 2020.[2][4]

Honours

On 18 September 2009, Broadbridge was made Honorary Surgeon to The Queen (QHS).[5] He was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in the 2018 New Year Honours.[6]

Arms

Coat of arms of Richard Broadbridge, 5th Baron Broadbridge
Coronet
Coronet of a baron
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)[7]

References

  1. ^ "No. 48614". The London Gazette (Supplement). 19 May 1981. p. 6946.
  2. ^ a b "Broadbridge, 5th Baron, (Air Vice-Marshal Richard John Martin Broadbridge) (born 20 Jan. 1959)". Who's Who 2021. Oxford University Press. 1 December 2020. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  3. ^ "No. 62267". The London Gazette (Supplement). 24 April 2018. p. 7303.
  4. ^ "Broadbridge, Baron (UK, 1945)". Cracroft's Peerage. 9 April 2021. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  5. ^ "No. 59237". The London Gazette (Supplement). 10 November 2009. p. 19393.
  6. ^ "No. 62150". The London Gazette (Supplement). 29 December 2017. p. N3.
  7. ^ Debrett's Peerage. 2019.


Military offices
Preceded by Acting Surgeon-General
of the United Kingdom Armed Forces
2017 		Succeeded by
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Baron Broadbridge
2020–present 		Incumbent
Heir apparent:
Hon. Mark Broadbridge
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Baronet
of Wargrave Place
2020–present 		Incumbent
Heir apparent:
Hon. Mark Broadbridge
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^* Also a Lord in the Peerage of Scotland, ^• Also a Baron in the Peerage of Ireland