Robin John Orlando Bridgeman, 3rd Viscount Bridgeman, (born 5 December 1930), is a British

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and politician. He is a member of the

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, and sits as a

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Background

Bridgeman is the son of

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Geoffrey Bridgeman and Mary Meriel Gertrude Talbot, and the grandson of

William Bridgeman, 1st Viscount Bridgeman William Clive Bridgeman, 1st Viscount Bridgeman, PC, JP, DL (31 December 1864 – 14 August 1935) was a British Conservative politician and peer. He notably served as Home Secretary between 1922 and 1924. He was also an active cricketer. ...

. He was educated at

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. He served in the

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in the years 1950 and 1951, commissioned as second lieutenant, and in the

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reaching the rank of

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Career

In 1958, Lord Bridgeman became a chartered accountant. He was partner of Fenn and Crosthwaite in 1973, and of Henderson Crosthwaite from 1975 to 1986. From 1988 to 1990, he was director of

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, and from 1988 to 1994 director of Nestor-BNA. He has further been director of The Bridgeman Art Library since 1972. Bridgeman is a past chairman of the Friends of Lambeth Palace Library and treasurer of the

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and the Florence Nightingale Aid in Sickness Trust. He is also a chairman of the

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and trustee of Music at Winchester. Between 1992 and 2000, he was special trustee of the Hammersmith and Queen Charlotte's Hospital Authority. Lord Bridgeman is a

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of the

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. He succeeded his uncle, the 2nd Viscount, to the titles on 17 November 1982 and is one of the ninety elected hereditary peers in the

, where he sits for the Conservative Party. He is a spokesman on Home Affairs and a Government Whip.

Family

Lord Bridgeman has been married to Victoria Harriet Lucy Turton, daughter of Ralph Meredyth Turton, since 10 December 1966. They have four sons: *Hon. William Orlando Caspar Bridgeman (1968–2001) *Hon. Luke Robinson Orlando Bridgeman (born 1971,

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) *Hon. Esmond Francis Ralph Orlando Bridgeman (born 1974) *Hon. Orlando Henry Geoffrey Bridgeman (born 1983)

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Viscount Bridgeman profile
, Conservative Party website; Retrieved 17 July 2014. * 1930 births Knights of Malta Living people People educated at Eton College Rifle Brigade officers Viscounts in the Peerage of the United Kingdom English Roman Catholics

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