Sir Brook Bridges, 1st Baronet, FRS (12 August 1679 – 16 March 1728) was a British

barrister A barrister is a type of lawyer in common law jurisdictions. Barristers mostly specialise in courtroom advocacy and litigation. Their tasks include taking cases in superior courts and tribunals, drafting legal pleadings, researching law and ...

. He was the son of Brook Bridges and Mary Lewen. Brook Bridges senior had held the office of Auditor of the Imprest of the Treasury from 1672 to 1705. Brook Bridges junior inherited

Goodnestone Park Goodnestone Park is a stately home and gardens in the southern part of the village of Goodnestone, Dover, Kent. It is approximately from Canterbury. The palladian house was built in 1704 by Brook Bridges, 1st Baronet. His grandson, Brook Bridg ...

in 1717 on the death of his father, who had bought the estate in 1705. He was admitted to

Middle Temple The Honourable Society of the Middle Temple, commonly known simply as Middle Temple, is one of the four Inns of Court exclusively entitled to call their members to the English Bar as barristers, the others being the Inner Temple, Gray's Inn an ...

on 25 April 1713 and created 1st Baronet Bridges, of Goodneston, on 19 April 1718. He was elected a

Fellow of the Royal Society Fellowship of the Royal Society (FRS, ForMemRS and HonFRS) is an award granted by the judges of the Royal Society of London to individuals who have made a "substantial contribution to the improvement of natural science, natural knowledge, incl ...

in 1726.

Family

He married twice; firstly Margaret Marsham, the daughter of

Sir Robert Marsham, 4th Baronet Sir Robert Marsham, 4th Baronet (16 December 1650 – 25 July 1703) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1698 to 1702. Marsham was the son of Sir John Marsham, 1st Baronet and lived at Bushey Hall, Hertfordshire. He ...

and Margaret Bosville, on 23 June 1707, with whom he had two children: * Margaret Bridges * Sir Brook Bridges, 2nd Baronet (12 Mar 1708 – 23 May 1733) and secondly Mary Hales, daughter of Sir Thomas Hales, 2nd Baronet and Mary Pym, before 1724.

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Goodnestone Park and Gardens
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bridges, Brook 1679 births 1728 deaths British barristers Fellows of the Royal Society Baronets in the Baronetage of Great Britain People from Goodnestone, Dover