Richard Bridgeman, 7th Earl of Bradford

Richard Thomas Orlando Bridgeman, 7th Earl of Bradford (born 3 October 1947) is a British peer.

Biography

Richard Bradford is the son of the 6th Earl of Bradford and Mary Willoughby Montgomery. He was educated at Harrow School, just outside London, and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1969 and a Master of Arts in 1973. He succeeded to his father's title in 1981.

He owns Porters English Restaurant in London's Covent Garden, which he created in 1979. From 1986 to 1999 he was Chairman of Weston Park Enterprises. As of 2007, he is Chairman of VIP Internet Ltd, a website design company.

In 2001, he was a candidate for political office, running as a candidate for the UK Independence Party, he obtained 5.2% support (2,315 votes) in Stafford, losing to David Kidney, but achieving the 4th best result for the party. [cite web |url=http://www.parliament.uk/commons/lib/research/rp2001/rp01-054.pdf |title="2001 General Election Results"|date=June 7, 2001| publisher=UK House of Commons |accessdate=2007-04-04 |format=PDF p. 98, "Richard Bradford"] He ran again for UKIP in the European Elections for the West Midlands region in 2004, coming eighth, seven candidates were elected. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/3690455.stm West Midlands' Euro candidates] , May 14, 2004, BBC News. Retrieved on April 3, 2007]

The 7th Earl of Bradford is active in warning people about the fraud of fake British titles [ [http://www.faketitles.com Fake titles, a website created by Lord Bradford] ] . His website, Fake Titles, was established to warn people of the impossibility of purchasing titles, the majority of which can only legally be bestowed by the British font of honour, Queen Elizabeth II.

Family

On 15 September 1979, he married Joanne Elizabeth Miller, daughter of Mayfair turf accountant Benjamin Miller. They divorced in 2006. They have four children:

*Alexander Michael Orlando Bridgeman, Viscount Newport (born 1980)
*Hon. Henry Gerald Orlando Bridgeman (born 1982)
*Hon. Benjamin Thomas Orlando Bridgeman (born 1987)
*Lady Alicia Rose Bridgeman (born 1990)

Works

*"My Private Parts and The Stuffed Parrot", (1984)
*"The Eccentric Cookbook", (1985)
*"Stately Secrets", (1994)
*"Porters English Cookery Bible - Ancient and Modern", (2004)

Notes

References

*cite web | url= http://www.thepeerage.com/p2788.htm#i27877 | title= thePeerage| accessdate= 2006-11-15

External links

* [http://www.porters.uk.com Porters English Restaurant]
* http://www.faketitles.com - A website run by Lord Bradford