John Henry Bremridge

Sir John Henry Bremridge (彭勵治爵士), KBE, JP, MA[1] (12 July 1925 – 6 May 1994) was Financial Secretary of Hong Kong from 1981 to 1986. He was the first Financial Secretary who was not a civil servant.

Early Years and Business Career

Bremridge was born in 1925 in Transvaal, South Africa to British parents (Godfrey Bremridge) on an orange farm, but left in 1933 for Britain where he grew up.[2]

He served in the British Army (Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own)) during World War II (1943-1947), read law at Oxford before joining Swire in 1949 where he rose as was a senior member of staff in the John Swire and Sons (Hong Kong) (Swire Group) and held various corporate boards:[3]

Hong Kong Government

In the 1980s he left the private sector to become Financial Secretary and remained until 1986 to return to the corporate world.

Later Years and Death

Bremridge's health suffered after a fall in 1987 and never fully recovered, dying in 1994 in London.[4] He was survived by his wife and children (Anne, Elizabeth, Charles and Henry.[5]

References

  1. ↑ University of Oxford Gazette, retrieved 6 May 2006
  2. ↑ http://www.chessdevon.co.uk/HTML/Pioneers/hb1/base.htm
  3. ↑ http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-sir-john-bremridge-1435928.html
  4. ↑ http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-sir-john-bremridge-1435928.html
  5. ↑ http://www.chessdevon.co.uk/HTML/Pioneers/hb1/base.htm
Preceded by:
Sir Charles Philip Haddon-Cave		 Financial Secretary of Hong Kong
1981-1986		 Succeeded by:
Sir Piers Jacobs


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