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

The oldest son of the 1st Baron Bradford and Elizabeth Simpson, he was educated at Harrow School, London and at Trinity College, Cambridge. From 1784 to 1800, he was Member of Parliament (MP) for Wigan. Bridgeman succeeded to his father's titles on 5 June 1800. On 30 November 1815, he was made Viscount Newport, in the County of Shropshire and Earl of Bradford, in the County of Shropshire. Bridgeman died aged 63 in Weston Park in Staffordshire.

Family

Lord Bradford married Hon. Lucy Elizabeth Byng, daughter of the 4th Viscount Torrington on 29 May 1788. They had four children:

• George Augustus Frederick Henry Bridgeman, 2nd Earl of Bradford (1789–1865)
• Vice-Admiral Hon. Charles Orlando Bridgeman (1791–1860), married Eliza Caroline Chamberlain, daughter of Sir Henry Chamberlain, 1st Baronet on 2 January 1819
• Hon. Orlando Henry Bridgeman (1794–1827), married Lady Selina Needham, daughter of the 5th Earl of Kilmorey on 5 July 1817
• Reverend Hon. Henry Edmund Bridgeman (1795–1872), married Louisa Elizabeth Simpson, daughter of Hon. John Simpson, son of the 1st Baron Bradford on 25 August 1820

References

• "thePeerage". Retrieved on 2006-11-18.
• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page

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