Orlando Bridgeman, 1st Earl of Bradford (19 March 1762 – 7 September 1825) was a British peer and politician who sat in the

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from 1784 to 1800. Weston Park - geograph

Early life

Bridgeman was the son of the 1st Baron Bradford and his wife Elizabeth Simpson, daughter of Reverend John Simpson. He was educated at

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, London, and at

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Career

At the 1784 general election, Bridgeman was returned unopposed as Member of Parliament (MP) for

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. He was returned unopposed for Wigan again in

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and

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. His elder brother Henry Simpson Bridgeman had died in 1782 so he succeeded to his father's titles on 5 June 1800 and vacated his seat in the House of Commons. In October 1800 he raised a

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at Weston for the

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and commanded it as

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until 1804.Capt P.C.G. Webster, ''The Records of the Queen's Own Royal Regiment of Staffordshire Yeomanry'', Lichfield: Lomax, 1870, pp. 16, 29; Appendix.
/ref> On 30 November 1815, he was made Viscount Newport, in the County of

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and Earl of Bradford, in the County of Shropshire. Bradford died aged 63 in

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Personal life

Lord Bradford married Hon. Lucy Elizabeth Byng, daughter of the 4th Viscount Torrington, on 29 May 1788. They had four sons and a daughter: * George Augustus Frederick Henry Bridgeman, 2nd Earl of Bradford (1789–1865), who married twice. * Hon.

Charles Orlando Bridgeman Vice-Admiral Charles Orlando Bridgeman (5 February 1791 – 13 April 1860) was a Royal Navy officer who saw active service in the Napoleonic Wars and the Greek War of Independence. Life Bridgeman was a younger son of Orlando Bridgeman, 1st Ea ...

(1791–1860), a Vice-Admiral in the

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who married Eliza Caroline Chamberlain, daughter of

Sir Henry Chamberlain, 1st Baronet Sir Henry Chamberlain, 1st Baronet (1773– 31 July 1829) was a British diplomat, Consul (representative)#consul general, consul general to Portugal and chargé d'affaires to Brazil. He was created a baronet on 22 February 1828. Henry was ...

, in 1819. * Lady Lucy Georgiana Elizabeth Whitmore (1792–1840), who married

William Wolryche-Whitmore William Wolryche-Whitmore (16 September 1787 – 11 August 1858), also known as W. W. Whitmore, was a Shropshire landowner and British Whigs (British political party), Whig politician. He held a seat in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom ...

. * Hon. Orlando Henry Bridgeman (1794–1827), who married Lady Selina Needham, daughter of the 5th Earl of Kilmorey, in 1817. * Hon. Henry Edmund Bridgeman (1795–1872), a reverend who married his cousin Louisa Elizabeth Simpson, daughter of Hon. John Simpson, the son of the 1st Baron Bradford (but took the name of Simpson in 1785), in 1820. Lord Bradford died on 7 September 1825 and was succeeded in his titles by his eldest son

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References

1762 births 1825 deaths Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge British MPs 1784–1790 British MPs 1790–1796 British MPs 1796–1800 1 Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies People educated at Harrow School Staffordshire Yeomanry officers Politics of the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan

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