Ida Bridgeman, Countess of Bradford (née Lady Ida Frances Annabella Lumley, 28 November 1848 – 22 August 1936),G. E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H. A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959); reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume II, page 277. was a British noblewoman who served as a

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for

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. She was the wife of

George Bridgeman, 4th Earl of Bradford George Cecil Orlando Bridgeman, 4th Earl of Bradford JP DL (3 February 1845 – 2 January 1915), styled Viscount Newport from 1865 to 1898, was a British soldier, Conservative politician and peer. He was the grandfather of Princess Alice, Du ...

, and the mother of

Orlando Bridgeman, 5th Earl of Bradford Lieutenant-Colonel Orlando Bridgeman, 5th Earl of Bradford, DL, JP (6 October 1873 – 21 March 1957), styled Viscount Newport from 1898 to 1915, was a British peer, Conservative politician and soldier. Background Bridgeman was the oldest ...

. Lady Ida was born at

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, the daughter of

Richard Lumley, 9th Earl of Scarbrough Lieutenant-Colonel Richard George Lumley, 9th Earl of Scarbrough (7 May 1813 – 5 December 1884) was an Anglo-Irish peer and soldier. Biography He was born at Tickhill Castle, the son and heir of Frederick Lumley-Saville (1788–1837), the o ...

, and his wife, the former Frederica Mary Adeliza Drummond. She married George Bridgeman, then Viscount Newport, on 7 September 1869 at Maltby,

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. Their children were: * Lady Beatrice Adine Bridgeman (1870–1952), who married Colonel Rt. Hon.

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and had children. * Lady Margaret Alice Bridgeman (1872–1954), who married

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, and had children, including

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. *

(1873–1957). * Lady Helena Mary Bridgeman (1875–1947), who married

Osbert Molyneux, 6th Earl of Sefton Osbert Cecil Molyneux, 6th Earl of Sefton, (21 February 1871 – 16 June 1930), styled The Honourable Osbert Molyneux until 1901, was a British courtier and Liberal politician. He served as Master of the Horse under Sir Henry Campbell-Bann ...

, and had children. * Lady Florence Sibell Bridgeman (1877–1936), who married

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and had children. * Commander The Hon. Richard Orlando Beaconsfield Bridgeman (1879–1917), who was killed in a flying accident in East Africa during the

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. * Lieutenant-Colonel The Hon. Henry George Orlando Bridgeman (1882–1972), who married Joan Constable-Maxwell and had children. The countess, then Viscountess Newport, became namesake of Lady Ida's Well close to the Weir Brook the north of the village of

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. It is a natural water spring that she discovered in 1895 and championed its health benefits. The countess was a

, then Princess of Wales, in 1901–1902. After the death of her husband in 1915, she became known as Dowager Countess of Bradford. She remained resident at the family home of Castle Bromwich Hall until her death, following which the house was rented out. She is buried with her husband at

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, near the family seat of

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Arms

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