George Thomas Orlando Bridgeman

George Thomas Orlando Bridgeman

George Thomas Orlando Bridgeman (August 21 1823 – November 25 1895), was a clergyman and antiquary, the second son of George Bridgeman, 2nd Earl of Bradford.

He was educated at Harrow School and Trinity College, Cambridge. After being ordained, he became rector of the parish of Blymhill in Shropshire, where he had family connections. He began to study his family history, and contributed several articles to "Archaeologia Cambrensis". The outcome of his research into genealogy was "History of the Princes of South Wales" (1876).

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* [http://wbo.llgc.org.uk/en/s-BRID-ORL-1823.html?query=1877&field=content Welsh Biography Online]


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