Background
LEDWIDGE, William Bernard John was born on November 9, 1915 in London. Son of late Charles and of Eileen (née O’Sullivan) Ledwidge.
LEDWIDGE, William Bernard John was born on November 9, 1915 in London. Son of late Charles and of Eileen (née O’Sullivan) Ledwidge.
Cardinal Vaughan School, King"s College, Cambridge and Princeton Universities.
Fellow, Princeton 1937-1939. Military Service 1941-1945. Principal, India and Burma Office 48, First Secretary Foreign Office 1948-1949, Counsellor 1961-1965.
British Consul, Saint Louis, United States of America 1949-1952.
First Secretary British Embassy, Afghanistan 56. Political Adviser British Military
Governor, Berlin 1956-1961. Minister, British Embassy, Paris 1965-1969.
Ambassador to Finland 1969-1972 to Israel 1972-1975.
Chairman United Kingdom Committee United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund 1976-1989, Vice-President since 1990. Chairman United Kingdom Association for Institute Year of Child.
Police Complaints Board 1977-1982.
Married 1st Anne Kingsley in 1948 (divorced in 1970). Married 2nd Flora Groult in 1970.