George Augustus Frederick Henry Bridgeman, 2nd Earl of Bradford (23 October 1789 – 22 March 1865) was a British

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 peer.

The oldest son of the 1st Earl of Bradford

Orlando Bridgeman, 1st Earl of Bradford

Orlando Bridgeman, 1st Earl of Bradford was a British peer and politician.The oldest son of the 1st Baron Bradford and Elizabeth Simpson, he was educated at Harrow School, London and at Trinity College, Cambridge. From 1784 to 1800, he was Member of Parliament for Wigan. Bridgeman succeeded to...

 and Lucy Elizabeth Byng, was educated at Harrow School

Harrow School

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, London

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, and Trinity College, Cambridge

Trinity College, Cambridge

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, where he graduated with a Master of Arts

Master of Arts (Oxbridge)

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 in 1810. He succeeded to his father's titles on 7 September 1825.

He died, aged 75 in Weston Park

Weston Park

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, Staffordshire

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.

Family

Lord Bradford married, firstly, Georgina Elizabeth Moncreiffe, daughter of Thomas Moncreiffe in St George's, Hanover Square, on 5 March 1818. They had four children:

• Orlando George Charles Bridgeman, 3rd Earl of Bradford (1819–1898)
• Reverend Hon. George Thomas Orlando Bridgeman
  George Thomas Orlando Bridgeman
  George Thomas Orlando Bridgeman was a clergyman and antiquary, the second son of George Bridgeman, 2nd Earl of Bradford....
  
   (1823–1895)
• Lady Mary Selina Louisa Bridgeman (d. 1889), married Hon. Robert Windsor-Clive
  Robert Windsor-Clive (MP)
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   on 20 October 1852
• Reverend Hon. John Robert Orlando Bridgeman (1831–1897), married Marianne Caroline Clive, daughter of Venerable William Clive on 5 June 1862 and had William Clive Bridgeman
  William Clive Bridgeman
  William Clive Bridgeman, 1st Viscount Bridgeman, PC, JP, DL was a British Conservative politician and peer. He notably served as Home Secretary between 1922 and 1924.-Background and education:...
  
  

He married, secondly, Helen Mackay, daughter of Captain Æneas Mackay, in St Peter's

St. Peter's Church

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, London

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on 30 October 1849.