Sir Orlando Bridgeman, 1st Baronet FRS (9 December 1649 – 20 April 1701)[1] was an English baronet and politician.
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Bridgeman was the second son of Sir Orlando Bridgeman, 1st Baronet, by his second wife Dorothy, daughter of John Saunders.[2] He was educated at Westminster College from 1662 and after two years went to Magdalene College, Cambridge.[1][3] In 1669 Bridgeman was called to the bar by the Inner Temple.[2]
Bridgeman entered the English House of Commons in 1669, having won a by-election for Horsham.[1] He represented the constituency for the next ten years until the end of the Cavalier Parliament in 1679. King Charles II, created him a Baronet, of Ridley, in the County of Chester on 12 November 1673.[4]
In 1673 Bridgeman became Commissioner for Assessment in the county of Warwickshire, resigning in 1680.[1] He held the same office in Coventry for two years from 1679.[1] Additionally he served as Commissioner for Recusants in 1675, assigned to the county of Sussex.[1] Bridgeman was elected a fellow of the Royal Society in 1696.[5]
Aged twenty he married Mary Cave on 28 September 1670.[2] She was the daughter of Sir Thomas Cave, 1st Baronet and four years his junior.[2] The couple had two daughters and a son.[4] Bridgeman died intestate in 1701 and was survived by his wife for few weeks; both were buried in St Michael's, Coventry.[2] He was succeeded in the baronetcy by his son Orlando.[4] His younger daughter Penelope was the second wife of Thomas Newport, 1st Baron Torrington, a younger son of Francis Newport, 1st Earl of Bradford, whose title later was revived for a descendant of Bridgemans older brother John.[6]
| Parliament of England | ||
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| Preceded by Sir John Covert, Bt Henry Chowne |
Member of Parliament for Horsham 1669–1679 With: Sir John Covert, Bt |
Succeeded by John Michell Anthony Eversfield |
| Baronetage of England | ||
| New creation | Baronet (of Ridley) 1673–1701 |
Succeeded by Orlando Bridgeman |