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Henry Simpson Bridgeman

Henry Simpson Bridgeman

British politician

Henry Simpson Bridgeman (1757–1782) was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1780 to 1782 .

Bridgeman was the eldest son of Henry Bridgeman and his wife Elizabeth Simpson, daughter of Reverend John Simpson, and was born on 12 April 1757.[1] He was educated at Harrow School and at Newcome's School at Hackney, and was admitted at Trinity College, Cambridge on 3 June 1775.[2]

Bridgeman was returned as Member of Parliament for Wigan at a by-election on 21 August 1780 on the family interest, supported by the Duke of Portland. He was again returned after a contest at the 1780 general election. He was in poor health from the summer of 1781 and was abroad at the beginning of 1782.[3]

Bridgeman died unmarried on 26 July 1782. His brother Orlando succeeded to his father's titles.[1]

References

  1. [1]
    William Courthope (1838). Debrett's Complete Peerage of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. J. G. & F. Rivington. p. 187. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
  2. [2]
    "Bridgeman, Henry Simpson (BRGN775HS)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  3. [3]
    "BRIDGEMAN, Henry Simpson (1757-82)". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
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