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), married Colonel Rt. Hon. Ernest George Pretyman on 28 June 1894
• Lady Margaret Alice Bridgeman (1872–1954), married the 9th Duke of Buccleuch on 30 January 1893
• Orlando Bridgeman, 5th Earl of Bradford (1873–1957)
• Lady Helena Mary Bridgeman (1875–1947), married the 6th Earl of Sefton on 8 January 1898
• Lady Florence Sibell Bridgeman (1877–1936), married Ronald Collet Norman, son of Frederick Henry Norman on 10 February 1904
• 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 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