BREDIN, (George Richard) Hugh 1934-2024

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From the Times of 19 March 2024: BREDIN Hugh, writer and artist, died peacefully on 10th March 2024 after a short illness, aged 89. Much-loved father of Henry, Lucinda, Jay, Zoe and Johannes and grandfather to five. He will be greatly missed by his family and friends. The funeral will take place at St Nicholas Church, Chiswick, on Wednesday 27th March at 12.30pm. Donations in Hugh’s memory can be made to National Autistic Society. Further details from Exit Here funeral directors…

He was s of George Richard Frederick BREDIN CBE 1899-1983 and Dorothy (Dots) Wall 1896-1997 d of Thomas Richard ELLISON 1864-1929 of West Kirby, Cheshire by his 1893 m to Dorothy Roberts WALL 1867-1940. He m 1^st 1957 reg Q1 London Mary Gabriel b 1936 d of Brig Alec Wilson DREW CBE 1902-70 scion of that gentry family f/o Bradninch and Edna Susan 1905-65 d of John MOFFITT c1876- of Portsmouth by his 1900 m reg Q3 Lancs (Sarah Anne) Annie NEWELL 1877-1951, and had a son (Henry) and a dau (Lucinda). He m 2nd 1966 Nina Violet Tamara 1941-2004 d of Lt-Col Prof David TALBOT RICE CBE TD 1903-72 (2xgt gs of Baroness DINEVOR OF DINEVOR 1735-1793, spelling now used is DYNEVOR) and Tamara 1904-93 d of Boris ABELSON of Paris and had a son (Cosmo James - ?Jay) and a dau (Zoe). His son Johannes (mother TEBBENHOFF) b c1984 reg Q1 London.

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Obit in the Daily Telegraph 2 May 2024  -  Hugh Bredin, copywriter who was also a gifted illustrator and cartoonist – obituary (telegraph.co.uk)

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Hugh Bredin, copywriter who was also a gifted illustrator and cartoonist – obituary

As an ad-man at J Walter Thompson Bredin had colleagues including Fay Maschler and Fay Weldon and he promoted Lucozade and After Eight mints

Hugh Bredin, who has died aged 89, was a croquet player, jazz fan, author, illustrator, pen-and-ink cartoonist, contributor to Punch and Private Eye – and, for more than 30 years, a senior copywriter at some of Britain’s largest advertising agencies, including the American-owned J Walter Thompson.

In 1980 he published The Jeeves Cocktail Book: A Guide to Mixed Drinking. By then his art had already been used to launch the popular new “international intrigue” board game Diplomacy which still flourishes today; the design of the game somehow echoed Bredin’s own flamboyance – especially the loud kipper ties made for him by the celebrated Mayfair boutique owner Mr Fish.

George Richard Hugh Bredin was born on March 3 1935 on the Wirral Peninsula across the Mersey from Liverpool, a descendant of a Huguenot family who had moved from Bordeaux to Ireland in the 17th century and included Picasso’s long-standing lawyer Jean-Denis Bredin.

His maternal grandfather, Thomas Ellison, had been president of the Liverpool Cotton Exchange. Hugh’s father George would soon serve as governor of the Blue Nile province in Sudan.

Hugh’s early childhood was spent in the hands of his forthright mother, Dorothy Wall Ellison, who enjoyed golf, bridge and horse racing and once played tennis in Monaco with Charlie Chaplin…..

Bredin had married Gabrielle Drew, a student at the Oxford Theatre School. That did not last, and in 1967 he married Nina, daughter of Professor David Talbot Rice and Tamara Talbot Rice the art historian and friend of Evelyn Waugh. Nina died in 2004 and he is survived by two daughters and three sons.

Hugh Bredin, born March 3 1935, died March 10 2024