Henry Simpson Bridgeman

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 2 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. ↑ "Bridgeman, Henry Simpson (BRGN775HS)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  3. ↑ "BRIDGEMAN, Henry Simpson (1757-82)". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by
George Byng
John Morton		 Member of Parliament for Wigan
1780–1782
With: George Byng
Hon. Horatio Walpole		 Succeeded by
Hon. Horatio Walpole
John Cotes
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