Paul Augustus Bridle

Paul Augustus Bridle (October 1914 February 1988) was a Canadian diplomat. He was born in Toronto, Ontario, the son of Augustus Bridle, a journalist and novelist. He studied at Parkdale Collegiate Institute and the University of Toronto, receiving his BA in 1937. He then taught briefly at Upper Canada College before joining the Canadian Navy in World War II. In 1942, he married Helen Joan Hilborn and they had at least one daughter. After the war he joined the Department of External Affairs. He was appointed Acting High Commissioner to Newfoundland followed by Commissioner to Laos (ICSC) then as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Turkey then a second term as Commissioner to Laos (ICSC).

Diplomatic posts
Preceded by
William George Marcel Olivier
Commissioner to Laos (ICSC)
1962-1964
Succeeded by
Donald Wallace Munro
Preceded by
Evan Benjamin Rogers
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Turkey
1961-1962
Succeeded by
Bruce MacGillivray Williams
Preceded by
Léon Mayrand
Commissioner to Laos (ICSC)
1955-1956
Succeeded by
Peter George Raoul Campbell
Preceded by
James Scott Macdonald
Acting High Commissioner to Newfoundland
1948-1948
Succeeded by
Charles Jost Burchell


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