Robin Bridgeman, 3rd Viscount Bridgeman

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The Right Honourable The Viscount Bridgeman FCA


Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
as a hereditary peer 20 January 1983 ^[1] – 11 November 1999
Preceded by	The 2nd Viscount Bridgeman
Succeeded by	Seat abolished ^[a]
Incumbent
as an elected hereditary peer 11 November 1999
Preceded by	Seat established ^[a]

Personal details
Born	Robin John Orlando Bridgeman (1930-12-05) 5 December 1930 (age 93)
Political party	Conservative ^[1]
Spouse	Harriet Turton (m. 1966)
Parents	Geoffrey John Orlando Bridgeman (father) Mary Meriel Gertrude Talbot (mother)
Occupation	Chartered accountant, peer, politician

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Robin John Orlando Bridgeman, 3rd Viscount Bridgeman, FCA (born 5 December 1930), is a British hereditary peer and politician. He is a member of the House of Lords, and sits as a Conservative.

Background

Bridgeman is the son of Brigadier Geoffrey Bridgeman and Mary Meriel Gertrude Talbot, and the grandson of William Bridgeman, 1st Viscount Bridgeman. He was educated at Eton. He served in the Rifle Brigade in the years 1950 and 1951, commissioned as second lieutenant, and in the Royal Green Jackets reaching the rank of lieutenant.

Career

In 1958, Lord Bridgeman became a chartered accountant. He was partner of Fenn and Crosthwaite in 1973, and of Henderson Crosthwaite from 1975 to 1986. From 1988 to 1990, he was director of Guinness Mahon, and from 1988 to 1994 director of Nestor-BNA. He has further been director of The Bridgeman Art Library since 1972.

Bridgeman is a past chairman of the Friends of Lambeth Palace Library and treasurer of the New England Company and the Florence Nightingale Aid in Sickness Trust. He is also a chairman of the Hospital of St John and St Elizabeth and trustee of Music at Winchester. Between 1992 and 2000, he was special trustee of the Hammersmith and Queen Charlotte's Hospital Authority.

Lord Bridgeman is a Knight of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta. He succeeded his uncle, the 2nd Viscount, to the titles on 17 November 1982 and is one of the ninety elected hereditary peers in the House of Lords, where he sits for the Conservative Party.^[1] He is a spokesman on Home Affairs and a Government Whip.

Family

Lord Bridgeman has been married to Victoria Harriet Lucy Turton, daughter of Ralph Meredyth Turton, since 10 December 1966. They have four sons:

Hon. William Orlando Caspar Bridgeman (1968–2001)
Hon. Luke Robinson Orlando Bridgeman (born 1971, heir apparent)
Hon. Esmond Francis Ralph Orlando Bridgeman (born 1974)
Hon. Orlando Henry Geoffrey Bridgeman (born 1983)

Notes

^ ^a ^b Under the House of Lords Act 1999.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Viscount Bridgeman". House of Lords. Retrieved 29 January 2024.

External links

"DodOnline". Archived from the original on 8 December 2006. Retrieved 12 November 2006.
Viscount Bridgeman profile Archived 20 May 2009 at the Wayback Machine, Conservative Party website; Retrieved 17 July 2014.
Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Viscount Bridgeman

Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Robert Bridgeman	Viscount Bridgeman 1982–present Member of the House of Lords (1983–1999)	Incumbent Heir apparent: Hon. Luke Bridgeman
Parliament of the United Kingdom
New office created by the House of Lords Act 1999	Elected hereditary peer to the House of Lords under the House of Lords Act 1999 1999–present	Incumbent

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