Richard Bridgeman, 7th Earl of Bradford

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Richard Thomas Orlando Bridgeman, 7th Earl of Bradford (born 3 October 1947) is a British peer.

1 Biography
2 Family
3 Works
4 Notes
5 References
6 External links

Biography

Richard Bradford is the son of the 6th Earl of Bradford and Mary Willoughby Montgomery. He was educated at Harrow School, just outside London, and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1969 and a Master of Arts in 1973. He succeeded to his father's title in 1981.

He owns Porters English Restaurant in London's Covent Garden, which he created in 1979. From 1986 to 1999 he was Chairman of Weston Park Enterprises. As of 2007, he is Chairman of VIP Internet Ltd, a website design company.

In 2001, he was a candidate for political office, running as a candidate for the UK Independence Party, he obtained 5.2% support (2,315 votes) in Stafford, losing to David Kidney, but achieveing the 4th best result for the party.^[1] He ran again for UKIP in the European Elections for the West Midlands region in 2004, coming eighth, seven candidates were elected.^[2]

Family

On 15 September 1979, he married Joanne Elizabeth Miller, daughter of Mayfair turf accountant Benjamin Miller. They divorced in 2006. They have four children:

Alexander Michael Orlando Bridgeman, Viscount Newport (b. 1980)
Hon. Henry Gerald Orlando Bridgeman (b. 1982)
Hon. Benjamin Thomas Orlando Bridgeman (b. 1987)
Lady Alicia Rose Bridgeman (b. 1990)

Works

My Private Parts and The Stuffed Parrot, (1984)
The Eccentric Cookbook, (1985)
Stately Secrets,(1994)
Porters English Cookery Bible - Ancient and Modern,(2004)

Notes

^ "2001 General Election Results" (PDF). UK House of Commons (June 7, 2001). Retrieved on April 3, 2007. p. 98, "Richard Bradford"
^ West Midlands' Euro candidates, May 14, 2004, BBC News. Retrieved on April 3, 2007