Background
Bridgeman was the second son of Sir Orlando Bridgeman, 1st Baronet, by his second wife Dorothy, daughter of John Saunders.
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Orlando Bridgeman
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Education
He was educated at Westminster College from 1662 and after two years went to Magdalene College, Cambridge.
Career
In 1669 Bridgeman was called to the bar by the Inner Temple. He represented the constituency for the next ten years until the end of the Cavalier Parliament in 1679. King Charles II, created him a baronet, of Ridley, in the County of Chester on 12 November 1673.
In 1673 Bridgeman became Commissioner for Assessment in the county of Warwickshire, resigning in 1680.
He held the same office in Coventry for two years from 1679. Additionally he served as Commissioner for Recusants in 1675, assigned to the county of Sussex.
Bridgeman was elected a fellow of the Royal Society in 1696. She was the daughter of Sir Thomas Cave, 1st Baronet and four years his junior.
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Membership
Royal Society; Cavalier Parliament.
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Died
April 20, 1701 (aged 51) -
Nationality
English