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BRIDGEMAN, WILLIAM, son of Richard Bridgeman, Amsterdam, Netherlands, merchant, and Catherine, dau. of William Watson, Amsterdam, merchant; b.; adm. 1656 (school list 1656, last two quarters); naturalised 1657; Under-Secretary, Secretary of State’s Office c. 1667 – Feb 1681, Jan 1683 – Dec 1688, Dec 1690 – Mar 1692, Mar 1693- Jul 1694; MP Bramber 1685-7; Clerk Extraordinary, Privy Council 17 May 1676; Clerk of the Privy Council 16 Jan 1685 – Feb 1685, 22 Oct 1686 - Dec 1688, and from 12 Jan 1693; Secretary to Admiralty Jul 1694 - Jun 1698; FRS 1679; m. (by 1677) Diana, dau. of Pieter Vernatti, St. Martin’s in the Fields, London; d. 10 May 1699.
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Prepared for import into AtoM by Westminster School Archive staff, 2019-2020
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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.
The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.