Background
Bridgeman is the son of Brigadier Geoffrey Bridgeman and Mary Meriel Gertrude Talbot, and the grandson of William Bridgeman, 1st Viscount Bridgeman.
Bridgeman is the son of Brigadier Geoffrey Bridgeman and Mary Meriel Gertrude Talbot, and the grandson of William Bridgeman, 1st Viscount Bridgeman.
He was educated at Eton.
He served in the Rifle Brigade in the years 1950 and 1951, commissioned as 2nd Lieutenant, and in the Royal Green Jackets reaching the rank of Lieutenant. In 1958, Lord Bridgeman became a Chartered Accountant. From 1988 to 1990, he was Director of Guinness Mahon, and from 1988 to 1994 Director of Nester-BNA. He has further been Director of The Bridgeman Art Library since 1972.
He is also a chairman of the Hospital of Street John and Street Elizabeth and trustee of Music at Winchester.
Between 1992 and 2000, he was special trustee of the Hammersmith and Queen Charlotte"s Hospital Authority. He is a spokesman on Home Affairs and a Government Whip.
Lord Bridgeman has been married to Victoria Harriet Lucy Turton Commander of the Order of the British Empire, daughter of Ralph Meredyth Turton, since 10 December 1966. They have four children:
Honorary
William Orlando Caspar Bridgeman (1968–2001)
Honorary
Luke Robinson Orlando Bridgeman (born 1971)
Honorary Esmond Francis Ralph Orlando Bridgeman (born 1974)
Honorary Orlando Henry Geoffrey Bridgeman (born 1983).