Sir Orlando Bridgeman, 4th Baronet (2 July 1695 – 25 July 1764) was a British

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 baronet and politician.

Born in Blodwell in Shropshire

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, he was the oldest son of Sir John Bridgeman, 3rd Baronet and his wife Ursula, daughter of Roger Matthews. Bridgeman was educated at New College, Oxford

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 and in 1713, he was called to the bar by the Inner Temple

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. In 1723, he entered the British House of Commons

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, sitting for Shrewsbury

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 in the next four years. He succeeded his father as baronet on the latter's death in 1747.

On 8 April 1719, Bridgeman married Anne Newport, third daughter of Richard Newport, 2nd Earl of Bradford

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. They had three sons and two daughters. His wife died in 1752 and Bridgeman survived her until 1764, aged 69; both were buried at Weston Park

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 in the county of Staffordshire

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. His oldest son having predeceased him, he was succeeded in the baronetcy by his second son Henry

Henry Bridgeman, 1st Baron Bradford

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, who later was raised to the peerage as Baron Bradford.