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Hugh Bidwell

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{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2015}}{{Use British English|date=March 2015}}Sir Hugh Charles Philip Bidwell {{post-nominals|country=GBR|sep=,|GBE}} (1 November 1934 – 7 December 2013) was a British businessman and the 662nd Lord Mayor of London in 1989–90.^[1] Prior to his election as mayor Bidwell was an alderman of the Billingsgate ward from 1979 to 1996, and a sheriff of the City of London in 1986.^[1] Bidwell was appointed a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE) on his election as mayor.^[1]

Bidwell was born in 1934, the son of a wine importer, and was schooled at Stonyhurst. Undergoing National Service in the East Surrey Regiment in 1953, he served in Nyasaland, Kenya with the 1st Btn King's African Rifles.^[1]

Bidwell began working in the food industry with the breakfast cereal maker Viota, and the became a director of Viota in 1962.^[1] Bidwell was subsequently chairman of the food company Pearce Duff, headed the food arm of Gill & Duffus, and joined Allied Lyons in 1985.^[1]

Bidwell was married twice, first to Jenifer Webb in 1962, with whom he had two sons, and a daughter. Webb died in 2001.^[1] Bidwell married for a second time to Priscilla Pode (née Hunter). His wife and three children survived him at his death.^[1]

Bidwell was buried with his first wife in the cemetery of Holy Cross Church, Goodnestone, Kent.

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1. ^¹²³⁴⁵⁶⁷{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/10647433/Sir-Hugh-Bidwell-obituary.html|title=Obituary: Sir Hugh Bidwell|date=21 February 2014|work=The Daily Telegraph|accessdate=21 February 2014}}

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