Person Bridgeman; Sir; Orlando (1649 - 1701) Bridgeman Orlando Sir 1649 - 1701 British 20 April 1701 Baptism: 09 December 1649 Burial: St Michael's Church, Coventry

Little Park Street, Coventry, Warwickshire; Ridley, Cheshire

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) 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) Royal Society roles: Council: ?1699 Fellow 23/03/1698 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) International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 NA4335 21/11/2001 Andyg Gudrun 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes f8c81766-9bbd-4bcf-9e46-f34a88bc5b32