Orlando Bridgeman, 1st Earl of Bradford
Orlando Bridgeman, 1st Earl of Bradford (19 March 1762 – 7 September 1825) was a British peer and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1784 to 1800. Bridgeman was the son of the 1st Baron Bradford and his wife Elizabeth Simpson, daughter of Reverend John Simpson. He was educated at Harrow School, London, and at Trinity College, Cambridge. At the 1784 general election, Bridgeman was returned unopposed as Member of Parliament (MP) for Wigan. He was returned unopposed for Wigan again in 1790 and 1796. His elder brother Henry Simpson Bridgeman had  died in 1782 so he succeeded to his father's titles on 5 June 1800 and vacated his seat in the House of Commons. On 30 November 1815, he was made Viscount Newport, in the County of Shropshire and Earl of Bradford, in the County of Shropshire. Bradford died aged 63 in Weston Park in Staffordshire. Family. Lord Bradford married Hon. Lucy Elizabeth Byng, daughter of the 4th Viscount Torrington, on 29 May 1788. They had four sons and a daughter: