Constituency Dates
Lewes 1679 (Mar.), 1679 (Oct.), 1681, 1685, 1689, 1690
Family and Education
bap. 13 Feb. 1620, 1st s. of Henry Bridger of Ashurst by Jane, da. of John Ravenscroft of Horsham. educ. Magdalen Hall, Oxf. 1638; I. Temple 1640. m. settlement 23 Mar. 1652 (with £1,300), Frances (d. 1680), da. of Walter Burrell of Cuckfield, 3s. (1 d.v.p.) 5da. suc. fa. 1657.1 Vis. Suss. (Harl. Soc. lxxxix), 17; F. W. Steer, Shiffner Archs. pp. xviii, 10–11.
Address
Main residence: Coombe Place, Hamsey, Suss.
biography text

Bridger owned a sizable estate near Lewes and was returned again for the borough in 1690 on his own interest. He was classed as a Whig in Lord Carmarthen’s (Sir Thomas Osborne†) analysis of the new Parliament and as a Country supporter in Robert Harley’s* list of April 1691, but he was evidently not an active Member. Given leave of absence on 10 Jan. 1694 for health reasons, Bridger did not seek re-election in 1695. He was buried on 8 Jan. 1699 at Warminghurst in Sussex, one of his daughters later marrying Charles Goring*.2 Vis. Suss. 17.

Author
P.W.
Volume
Commons 1690-1715
Notes
  • 1. Vis. Suss. (Harl. Soc. lxxxix), 17; F. W. Steer, Shiffner Archs. pp. xviii, 10–11.
  • 2. Vis. Suss. 17.