| Bridgeman baronets | |
|---|---|
 Escutcheon of the Bridgeman baronets of Ridley | |
| Creation date | 1673 [1] |
| Status | extinct |
| Extinction date | 1746 [2] |
The Bridgeman baronetcy, of Ridley in the County of Chester, was created on 12 November 1673 for Orlando Bridgeman, Member of Parliament for Horsham and younger son of the 1st Baronet, of the Great Lever creation. [3] He was succeeded by his son, the 2nd Baronet. The latter was Member of Parliament for Calne, Lostwithiel, Blechingley and Dunwich.
Francis Bridgeman (August 1713 – November or December 1740) was the only son of Sir Orlando Bridgeman, 2nd Baronet, and his wife Susanna Dashwood, daughter of Sir Francis Dashwood, 1st Baronet. [4] Following his father's apparent drowning in 1738, Bridgeman was assumed to have inherited the baronetcy. [5] Shortly thereafter, his father, who had only feigned his death to avoid his creditors, was discovered and imprisoned. [6] Francis Bridgeman died, unmarried and childless, aged only 27, on board a ship in Sir Chaloner Ogle's fleet, en route to the West Indies. [5] He had not succeeded to the title, and it instead became extinct with the death of the 2nd Baronet in 1746. [6]
Earl of Bradford is a title that has been created twice, once in the Peerage of England and once in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was first created in 1694 for Francis Newport, 2nd Baron Newport. However, all the Newport titles became extinct on the death of the fourth Earl in 1762. The earldom was revived in 1815 for Orlando Bridgeman, 2nd Baron Bradford. The Bridgeman family had previously succeeded to the Newport estates. The title of the peerage refers to the ancient hundred of Bradford in Shropshire, and not, as might be assumed, to the city of Bradford, Yorkshire, or the town of Bradford-on-Avon in Wiltshire.
There have been two baronetcies created for members of the Hanmer family of Flintshire, Wales, one in the Baronetage of England and one in the Baronetage of Great Britain. Only one creation is extant as of 2008. The third Baronet of the second creation was elevated to the peerage as Baron Hanmer in 1872, a title which became extinct in 1881. The family name derived from the manor of Hanmer in the Diocese of St. Asaph.
Nineteen baronetcies have been created for persons with the surname Hamilton, eight in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia, one in the Baronetage of England, five in the Baronetage of Ireland, one in the Baronetage of Great Britain and four in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. As of 2008 two creations are extant, two are dormant, two are either extinct or dormant and twelve extinct.
Orlando Bridgeman may refer to:
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