Person:Orlando Bridgeman (2)

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Orlando Bridgeman, 1st Earl of Bradford
b.19 Mar 1762
d.7 Sep 1825
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  1. Orlando Bridgeman, 1st Earl of Bradford1762 - 1825
  2. John Simpson1763 - 1850
  3. Rev. Hon. George Bridgeman1765 - 1832
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  1. George Bridgeman, 2nd Earl of Bradford1789 - 1865
  2. Vice-Admiral Hon. Charles Orlando Bridgeman1791 - 1860
  3. Hon. Orlando Henry Bridgeman1794 - 1827
  4. Reverend Hon. Henry Edmund Bridgeman
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Name Orlando Bridgeman, 1st Earl of Bradford
Gender Male
Birth[1] 19 Mar 1762
Marriage to Hon. Lucy Elizabeth Byng
Death[1] 7 Sep 1825
Reference Number? Q7103051?


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Orlando Bridgeman, 1st Earl of Bradford (19 March 1762 – 7 September 1825) was a British peer and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1784 to 1800.

Bridgeman was the son of the 1st Baron Bradford and his wife Elizabeth Simpson, daughter of Reverend John Simpson. He was educated at Harrow School, London, and at Trinity College, Cambridge.

At the 1784 general election, Bridgeman was returned unopposed as Member of Parliament (MP) for Wigan. He was returned unopposed for Wigan again in 1790 and 1796. 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. On 30 November 1815, he was made Viscount Newport, in the County of Shropshire and Earl of Bradford, in the County of Shropshire. Bradford died aged 63 in Weston Park in Staffordshire.

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Orlando Bridgeman, 1st Earl of Bradford, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
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