Background
He was the only son of Orlando Bridgeman, 5th Earl of Bradford and his wife Honorary Margaret Cecilia Bruce, eldest daughter of Henry Bruce, 2nd Baron Aberdare. In 1957, he succeeded his father as earl.
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Gerald Bridgeman
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Bridgeman was educated at Harrow School and went then to Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1932.
Career
In 1961, he received a Master of Arts from Trinity College. Bridgeman was commissioned in 1938 in the Shropshire Yeomanry, Royal Armoured Corps, part of the Territorial Army and fought in the regiment as part of the Royal Artillery in Italy in the Second World War. He was mentioned in despatches and was decorated with the Territorial Decoration.
On his retirement in 1962, he was granted the rank of a captain.
Elected in 1955, Bridgeman was president of the Country Landowners" Association for two years. Bridgeman was Justice of the Peace for Shropshire from 1949 and became Deputy Lieutenant of that county two years later.
He was appointed Crown Estate Commissioner in 1956, a post he held until 1968. In 1970, he was nominated Vice Lord Lieutenant.
He owned land in Castle Bromwich, Warwickshire.
They had four children:
Richard Thomas Orlando Bridgeman, 7th Earl of Bradford (born 3 October 1947)
Lady Caroline Louise Bridgeman (born 18 April 1952), married Brian Martin Garnell (son of Henry Joseph Garnell) on 5 October 1974
The Honorary Charles Gerald Orlando Bridgeman (born 25 June 1954), married Nicola Marie-Thérèse Sales (daughter of Brian Sales) on 17 January 1982 and had three children: James Edward Charles Orlando Bridgeman (born 22 March 1978), Robert Gerald Orlando Bridgeman (born 19 May 1983), and Nicholas Francis Orlando Bridgeman (born 2 June 1991).
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United Kingdom