Orlando Bridgeman, 3rd Earl of Bradford

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Orlando George Charles Bridgeman, 3rd Earl of Bradford, PC (April 24 1819 – March 12 1898) was the son of George Bridgeman, 2nd Earl of Bradford.

The Earl of Bradford by Carlo Pellegrini, 1874.

Bridgeman was educated at Harrow School and at Trinity College, Cambridge and was M.P. (Conservative) for South Shropshire between 1842 and 1865.

On April 30 1844, he married Hon. Selina Weld-Forester, daughter of Cecil Weld-Forester, 1st Baron Forester. They had four children:

Lady Mabel Selina Bridgeman (d. 1933), married Colonel Rt. Hon. William Slaney Kenyon-Slaney and had issue.
Lady Florence Katharine Bridgeman (d. 1943), married Henry Lascelles, 5th Earl of Harewood and had issue.
Sir George Cecil Orlando Bridgeman, 4th Earl of Bradford (1845–1915)
Brig.-Gen. Hon. Francis Charles Bridgeman (1846–1917), married Gertrude Hanbury and had issue.

Bridgeman was Vice-Chamberlain of the Household between February 1852 and December 1852 and from 1858 to 1859, Lord Chamberlain from 1866 to 1868 and 1885 to 1886 and Master of the Horse from 1874 to 1880 and 1885 to 1886.

On March 5 1852, he was invested as a Privy Counsellor (P.C.) and later commissioned as Honorary Colonel of the 1st Volunteer Battalion of the Shropshire Light Infantry. He was also Lord Lieutenant of Shropshire between 1875 and 1896.

Lord Bradford died in 1898, aged 78 at Weston Park, Staffordshire and was buried on 12 March 1898 at Weston-under-Lizard.

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