The Bridgeman baronetcy, of Ridley in the County of Chester, was created on 12 November 1673 for Orlando Bridgeman,

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for Horsham and younger son of the 1st Baronet, of the

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creation. He was succeeded by his son, the 2nd Baronet. The latter was Member of Parliament for

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, Blechingley and

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Bridgeman baronets, of Ridley (1673)

* Sir Orlando Bridgeman, 1st Baronet (died 1701) *

Sir Orlando Bridgeman, 2nd Baronet Sir Orlando Bridgeman, 2nd Baronet (27 April 1678 – 5 December 1746) was a British landowner and Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1707 and 1738. He faked his own death in 1738 and spent the rest of his life in prison. E ...

(died 1746)

The supposed third baronet

Francis Bridgeman (August 1713 – November or December 1740) was the only son of

, and his wife Susanna Dashwood, daughter of

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. Following his father's apparent drowning in 1738, Bridgeman was assumed to have inherited the baronetcy. Shortly thereafter, his father, who had only feigned his death to avoid his creditors, was discovered and imprisoned. Francis Bridgeman died, unmarried and childless, aged only 27, on board a ship in Sir

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's fleet, en route to the

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. He had not succeeded to the title, and it instead became extinct with the death of the 2nd Baronet in 1746.

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{{reflist Extinct baronetcies in the Baronetage of England 1672 establishments in England 1746 establishments in England Bridgeman family

Bridgeman baronets, of Ridley (1673)

The supposed third baronet

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