Sir Brook Bridges, 1st Baronet

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Sir Brook Bridges, 1st Baronet, FRS (12 August 1679 – 16 March 1728) was a British barrister.

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He was the son of Brook Bridges and Mary Lewen. Brook Bridges senior had held the office of Auditor of the Imprest of the Treasury from 1672 to 1705. [1]

Brook Bridges junior inherited Goodnestone Park in 1717 on the death of his father, who had bought the estate in 1705. [2] He was admitted to Middle Temple on 25 April 1713 and created 1st Baronet Bridges, of Goodneston, on 19 April 1718. [3]

He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1726. [4]

Family

He married twice; firstly Margaret Marsham, the daughter of Sir Robert Marsham, 4th Baronet and Margaret Bosville, on 23 June 1707, with whom he had two children:

and secondly Mary Hales, daughter of Sir Thomas Hales, 2nd Baronet and Mary Pym, before 1724. [5]

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References

  1. The Baronetage of England, Volume 3, William Betham, Burrell and Bransby, 1803
  2. "History of Goodnestone".
  3. A genealogical and heraldic dictionary of the peerage and baronetage of the British Empire, John Bernard Burke, Colburn, 1852
  4. "Fellow details". Royal Society. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
  5. "Person Page".
Baronetage of Great Britain
New creation Baronet
(of Goodneston)
1718–1728
Succeeded by
Brook Bridges