Reginald Francis Orlando Bridgeman CMG, MVO (14 October 1884 – 11 December 1968)[1] was a British diplomat and politician associated with a number of left wing causes including British-Soviet friendship and nuclear disarmament.
[8] After a visit to India he left the service influenced by his experiences there and sympathised with the Communist Party of Great Britain.
[9] He was head of the British delegation sent by the House of Commons to the League Against Imperialism (LAI) in Brussels in 1927[9] and became its secretary in 1933.
[10] He contested Uxbridge for Labour in the 1929 general election, but was expelled from the party short time after, because of his membership in the LAI.
[1] He was a member of the British-Soviet Friendship Society and sat in the National Council for Civil Liberties.