Family and Education
bap. 27 Apr. 1678, o. s. of Sir Orlando Bridgeman, 1st Bt.†, of Little Park Street, Coventry and Ridley, Cheshire, by Mary, da. of Sir Thomas Cave, 1st Bt., of Stanford Hall, Northants. educ. Rugby 1689; Trinity, Oxf. 1694. m. lic. 15 Apr. 1702 (with £10,000), Susannah (d. 1747), da. of Sir Francis Dashwood, 1st Bt.*, 3s. (2 d.v.p.) 2da. (1 d.v.p.). suc. fa. as 2nd Bt. 20 Apr. 1701. IGI, Warws.; Colls. Wm. Salt Arch. Soc. n.s. ii. 238, 250–1; Wilts. Arch. Mag. xli. 503–6; Rugby Sch. Reg. ed. Solly, i. 11; Bodl. D. D. Dashwood (Bucks.) mss A2, f. 15; St. Botolph Bishopsgate Regs. ii. 362, 427.
Offices Held
Clerk of household to the Prince of Wales 1716–27; ld. of Trade 1727–37; gov. Barbados 1737–8.
Main residences: Bloomsbury Square, Mdx.; Coventry, Warws.; Bowood, nr. Calne, Wilts.
Volume
Commons 1690-1715
Web Title
BRIDGEMAN, Sir Orlando, 2nd Bt. (1678-1746)
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Oxford 1644
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