Henry Newport, 3rd Earl of Bradford (1683 – 23 December 1734) was an English

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 peer and Whig

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 politician.

The oldest son of the 2nd Earl of Bradford

Richard Newport, 2nd Earl of Bradford

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 and Mary Wilbraham was educated at Christ Church, Oxford

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. He was Member of Parliament

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 (MP) for Bishop's Castle

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 from 1706 to 1708, and for Shropshire

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 from 1708 to 1710 and from 1713 to 1722.

Bridgeman succeeded his father's titles on 14 June 1723. He was Lord Lieutenant

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 and Custos Rotulorum of Staffordshire

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 between 1715 and 1725, and Lord Lieutenant of Shropshire

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 and Custos Rotulorum of Montgomeryshire

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 between 1724 and 1734.

Lord Bradford died in St James Place, London

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, unmarried, but father of an illegitimate son. He was buried on 20 January 1734 in Westminster Abbey

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, Westminster

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 and was succeeded in his titles by his younger brother Thomas Newport

Thomas Newport, 4th Earl of Bradford

Thomas Newport, 4th Earl of Bradford , styled The Honourable from 1708 to 1734, was an English peer and noble....

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