| Authorised form of name | Bridgeman; Sir; Orlando (1649 - 1701) |
| Dates | 1649 - 1701 |
| Nationality | British |
| Date of death | 20 April 1701 |
| DatesAndPlaces | Baptism:
09 December 1649
Burial:
St Michael's Church, Coventry |
| Activity | Education:
Westminster School; Magdalene College, Cambridge (admitted 1664); Inner Temple (admitted 1658)
Career:
Called to the Bar (1669); MP for Horsham (1669-1679); Commissioner for Assessment for Warwickshire (1673-1680), and for Coventry (1677-1679); Commissioner for Recusants for Sussex (1675)
Honours:
Bart (1673)
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 23/03/1698 |
| RSActivity | Royal Society roles:
Council: ?1699 |
| Relationships | Son of Sir Orlando Bridgeman, Kt and Bart, Lord Keeper, of Great Lever, Lancashire, and his second wife, Dorothy, widow of George Cradock of Cavershall Castle, Staffordshire, and daughter of John Saunders, DD, Provost of Oriel College, Oxford; married Mary, daughter of Sir Thomas Cave, Bart, of Stanford Hall, Northamptonshire, and his second wife, Penelope, daughter of Thomas Wenman, 2nd Viscount Wenman; first cousin of William Bridgeman (FRS 1679) |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; Hunter; Henning; Foster Lancs; GEC Baronetage; Venn; Barker
Notes:
Henning and Barker give baptism date as 09 December 1649. Hunter says this OB is not in 'Record' but there were definitely two of them. Charter Book shows three signatures of Orlando Bridgeman, two of which were probably done by the same person (all on same page) |
| Code | NA4335 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| MS/390/109 | Bond of Orlando Bridgeman to the Treasurer of the Royal Society | 10 June 1698 |
| EL/B2/64 | Letter, from [Orlando] Bridgeman [to William Winde], dated at Ipswich, Suffolk | 20 July 1708 |