Richard Broadbridge, 5th Baron Broadbridge


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]

  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.