George Bridgeman, 4th Earl of Bradford

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George Cecil Orlando Bridgeman, 4th Earl of Bradford, DL, JP, (3 February 1845 – 2 January 1915) was a British soldier and peer.

The oldest son of the 3rd Earl of Bradford and Selina Louisa Forester served in the 1st Life Guards and the Shropshire Yeomanry Cavalry, reaching the rank of Captain. He succeeded his father in his titles on 9 March 1898.

Bridgeman was Member of Parliament (MP) for North Shropshire from 1867 to 1885. He was Deputy Lieutenant of Warwickshire and Shropshire, as well as Justice of Peace for Staffordshire, Warwickshire and Shropshire.

He died in London and was buried in Weston Park, Staffordshire on 6 January 1915.

[edit] Family

On 7 September 1869, Lord Bradford married Ida Frances Annabella Lumley, daughter of the 9th Earl of Scarborough in Maltby, Yorkshire. They had seven children:

• Lady Beatrice Adine Bridgeman (1870–1952)
• Lady Margaret Alice Bridgeman (1872–1954)
• Orlando Bridgeman, 5th Earl of Bradford (1873–1957)
• Lady Helena Mary Bridgeman (1875–1947)
• Lady Florence Sibell Bridgeman (1877–1936)
• Commander Hon. Richard Orlando Beaconsfield Bridgeman (1879–1917)
• Lieutenant-Colonel Hon. Henry George Orlando Bridgeman (1882–1972)

[edit] References

• thePeerage. Retrieved on 2006-11-17.

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by John Ralph Ormsby-Gore and The Earl of Brownlow	Member of Parliament for North Shropshire with John Ralph Ormsby-Gore 1867-1876 Stanley Leighton 1876-1885 1867–1885	Succeeded by (constituency abolished)
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Orlando Bridgeman	Earl of Bradford 1898–1915	Succeeded by Orlando Bridgeman