George Bridgeman, 2nd Earl of Bradford

The Earl of Bradford
Portrait by Sir George Hayter
Born	23 October 1789
Died	22 March 1865 (aged 75)
Spouse(s)	Georgina Elizabeth Moncreiffe Helen Moncreiffe (née Mackay)

George Augustus Frederick Henry Bridgeman, 2nd Earl of Bradford (23 October 1789 – 22 March 1865) was a British peer.

The oldest son of Orlando Bridgeman, 1st Earl of Bradford and Lucy Elizabeth Byng, Bridgeman was educated at Harrow School, London, and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated with a Master of Arts in 1810.^[1] He succeeded to his father's titles on 7 September 1825.

Family

Lord Bradford married, firstly, Georgina Elizabeth Moncreiffe, daughter of Thomas Moncreiffe in St George's, Hanover Square, on 5 March 1818. They had six children:

• Orlando George Charles Bridgeman, 3rd Earl of Bradford (1819–1898)
• Reverend Hon. George Thomas Orlando Bridgeman (1823–1895)
• Lady Mary Selina Louisa Bridgeman (d. 1889), married Hon. Robert Windsor-Clive on 20 October 1852
• Lady Lucy Caroline Bridgeman (1826-1858)
• Lady Charlotte Anne Bridgeman (1827-1858)
• Reverend Hon. John Robert Orlando Bridgeman (1831–1897), married Marianne Caroline Clive, daughter of The Venerable William Clive and wife Marianne Tollet, on 5 June 1862 and had son William Clive Bridgeman, 1st Viscount Bridgeman.

Lady Lucy Caroline and Lady Charlotte Anne both died of their injuries, one week apart, as a result of their cotton dresses being set alight by the sparks from a fireplace at the family home, Weston Park.

He married, secondly, Helen Mackay, daughter of Captain Æneas Mackay, in St Peter's Church, Eaton Square, London on 30 October 1849. He died aged 75 at Weston Park, Staffordshire leaving an estate worth £140,000.

Notes

1. "Bridgeman, the Hon. George Augustus Frederick Henry (BRGN807GA)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.

References

• "p. 2778 § 27772". Retrieved 2006-11-16.

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by the Earl of Bradford