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George Bridgeman, 4th Earl of Bradford

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The Earl of Bradford
Earl of Bradford
Arms of the Earl of Bradford
Born(1845-02-03)3 February 1845
Died2 January 1915(1915-01-02) (aged 69)
London
Spouse(s)Lady Ida Annabella Frances Lumley
Issue4 daughters and 3 sons
ParentsOrlando Bridgeman, 3rd Earl of Bradford
The Hon. Selina Louisa Weld-Forester

George Cecil Orlando Bridgeman, 4th Earl of Bradford JP DL (3 February 1845 – 2 January 1915), styled Viscount Newport from 1865 to 1898, was a British soldier, Conservative politician and peer.

The elder son of the 3rd Earl of Bradford and the Hon. Selina Louisa Forester, Bridgeman was educated at Harrow School, and served in the 1st Life Guards and the Shropshire Yeomanry, 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. When the new seat of Newport, Shropshire was created out of that seat for the 1885 general election, he stood as the Conservative candidate for it but lost by a majority of 361 votes against the winning Liberal, Robert Bickersteth.[1] 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.

Family

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On 7 September 1869, the then-Viscount Newport, married his second cousin once-removed, Lady Ida Lumley (28 November 1848 – 22 August 1936), daughter of Richard Lumley, 9th Earl of Scarbrough (7 May 1813 – 5 December 1884), and Frederica Mary Adeliza Drummond (16 December 1826 – 2 April 1907) in Maltby, Yorkshire. They had seven children:

The Countess of Bradford was a Lady of the Bedchamber to the Princess of Wales (later Queen Mary) from 1901.[3]

Notes

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  1. ^ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
  2. ^ "Casualty Details: Bridgeman, Richard Orlando Beaconsfield". CWGC. Retrieved 31 May 2010.
  3. ^ "No. 27382". The London Gazette. 3 December 1901. p. 8559.

References

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for North Shropshire
18671885
With: John Ormsby-Gore 1867–1876
Stanley Leighton 1876–1885
Constituency abolished
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Earl of Bradford
2nd creation
1898–1915
Succeeded by