Sir Brook Bridges, 1st Baronet
Sir Brook Bridges, 1st Baronet, FRS (12 August 1679 - 16 March 1728) was a British barrister. He held the office of Auditor of the Imprest of the Treasury.[1]
He was the son of Brook Bridges and Mary Lewen.
He held the well paid position of Auditor of the Imprests at the Exchequer from 1672 to 1705. He was admitted to Middle Temple on 25 April 1713 and created 1st Baronet Bridges, of Goodneston, on 19 April 1718.[2]
He built Goodnestone Park in 1704.[3] He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1726.[4]
Family
He married twice; firstly Margaret Marsham, the daughter of Sir Robert Marsham, 4th Baronet and Margaret Bosville, on 23 June 1707, with whom he had two children:
- Margaret Bridges
- Sir Brook Bridges, 2nd Baronet (12 Mar 1708 - 23 May 1733)
and secondly Mary Hales, daughter of Sir Thomas Hales, 2nd Baronet and Mary Pym, before 1724. [5]
References
- ↑ The Baronetage of England, Volume 3, William Betham, Burrell and Bransby, 1803
- ↑ A genealogical and heraldic dictionary of the peerage and baronetage of the British Empire, John Bernard Burke, Colburn, 1852
- ↑ http://www.goodnestoneparkgardens.co.uk/history-of-goodnestone.php
- ↑ "Fellow details". Royal Society. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
- ↑ http://thepeerage.com/p17779.htm
External links
| Baronetage of Great Britain | ||
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| Preceded by created |
Baronet (of Goodneston) 1718–1728 |
Succeeded by Brook Bridges, 2nd Baronet |