George Rodney Brydges or Bridges (after 1649 – 1714), of

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, was an English Whig politician who sat in the

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and

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between 1690 and 1714. Avington Park - geograph

Brydges was the second surviving son of Sir Thomas Bridges of Keynsham, Somerset and his wife Anne Rodney, the daughter and coheiress of Sir

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of Stoke Rodney, Somerset. He was a captain in the Duke of York's independent company from 1673 until after 1675 serving in the Portsmouth garrison. He got into debt and in 1677 he recovered his fortune by marrying

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. She was born Lady Anna Maria Brudenell, daughter of Robert, 2nd Earl of Cardigan, was widow of Francis Talbot, 11th Earl of Shrewsbury and notorious as mistress of the 2nd Duke of Buckingham. In doing so, he brought an action for

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of marriage against Ann Smith, a shopkeeper with whom he had been living for some years. Brydges' wife bought him a post as

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in 1678. He was appointed to the lieutenancy for Staffordshire in 1680 and stood for Parliament at Lichfield in the 1681 general election. Some time before 1685, he bought Avington Park and considerably remodelled the house. He entertained Charles II there while the King's house at Winchester was being built. On the accession of James II in 1685 he lost his post as Groom of the Bedchamber, but remained loyal to the King until the

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. Brydges was returned unopposed as

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(MP) for

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at the

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, and again at the

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. However he was defeated in a contest at the

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. In the first general election of 1701 he was returned in a contest as MP for

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and was returned again in the second general election of 1701 and at the

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. He was returned again at the

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and voted for the Court candidate as Speaker on 25 October1705, and supported the Court over the ‘place clause on 18 February 1706. At the

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, he was returned as a Whig for Winchester. He was a teller for the Whigs and supported the naturalization of the Palatines in 1709 and the impeachment of Dr Sacheverell in 1710. He was returned unopposed as a Whig at the

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but was less active in Parliament. He was returned again at the

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. Brydges developed gangrene after treating an ingrowing toenail just before the last election. He lingered on until 1714 and was buried on 9 February 1714 at St. Giles-in-the-Fields. He was succeeded by his son

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