BRIDGER, HERBERT KYNASTON, brother of Edward Deane Bridger (qv); b. 3 Feb 1859; adm. 26 Jan 1872; left Christmas 1875; adm. solicitor Feb 1881; firm, Bridger and Son; still in Law List 1900; m. 16 Feb 1887 Edith Eyre, youngest dau. of Henry Farr, Maindee, Monmouthshire.
BRIDGES, BROOK EDWARD, fifth son of Sir Brook Bridges, Bart., MP, Goodnestone Park, Kent, and Fanny, dau. of Edmond Fowler, Graces, Essex; b. 7 Sep 1779; adm. 7 Oct 1790; KS 1793; Emmanuel Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 6 Jul 1797, matr. Mich. 1797; BA 1801; MA 1805; ordained deacon 1802, priest 1803 (both lit. dim. from Canterbury); Perpetual Curate of Goodnestone, Kent, 27 Apr 1804-14, again 1816; Rector of Orlingbury, Northants., 24 Apr 1805-7; Rector of Bonnington, Kent, from 18 Jun 1807; Prebendary of Lichfield, 13 Apr 1810; Vicar of Lenham, Kent, from 2 Aug 1810; Perpetual Curate of Wingham, Kent, from 15 May 1817; m. 22 Nov 1809 Harriet, second dau. of John Foote, Lombard Street, London, banker; d. 23 Apr 1825.
BRIDGES, BROOK, third son of John Bridges, Barton Seagrave, Northants., and Elizabeth, dau. of William Trumbull, Easthampstead, Berks., and sister of Sir William Trumbull, Kt, Secretary of State; bapt. 12 Jan 1670/1; adm.; KS 1684; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1689, matr. 17 Jun 1689, aged 18, Westminster Student from 30 Dec 1689; BA 1693; adm. Inner Temple; d. 1693.
BRIDGES, JOHN, son of Southcott Bridges, London; b.; adm.; KS 1678; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1683, matr. 17 Dec 1683, aged 19, Westminster Student 17 Dec 1683-97 (void); BA 1687; MA 1690; BCL and DCL 1694; adm. advocate, Doctors’ Commons, 8 Jul 1697; m. Ann ---.
BRIDGES, JOHN, son of William Bridges, Covent Garden, London, Secretary of the Stamp Office, and Martha, dau. of Robert Hart, Brice, Bucks.; nephew of Brook Bridges (qv); b.; adm. (aged 14) Jan 1721/2; Christ Church, Oxford, . matr. 22 Apr 1725; Grand Tour (Italy) 1725-7; of Barton Seagrave, Northants; m. his cousin Margaret, dau. of John Horton, Gumley, Leics.; d. 16 Jul 1741.
BRIDGEWATER, ---; b.; in under school list 1715.
BRIDGEWATER, ---; b.; in school list 1754.
Bridgewater, Bentley Powell Conyers, son of Convers Bridgewater OBE, barrister-at-law, and Violet Irene, d. of Israel Wood Powell, med. practitioner in Victoria BC, Canada; b. 6 Sept. 1911; adm. Sept. 1924 (G), KS 1926; left July 1930; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1930, BA 1933, MA 1965; staff of Brit. Museum 1937; Asst Principal Dominions Office 1941-2; For. Office 1942-5; Sec. Brit. Museum 1948-73 (dep. Keeper 1950, Keeper 1961); retd 1973; d. Feb. 1996
BRIDGMAN, ORLANDO, son of Richard Whalley Bridgman, London, attorney, and Clerk of the Grocers’ Company, and Mary --- (IGI); bapt. St. Mildred Poultry, London 20 Oct 1789 (IGI); adm.; in school lists 1801, May 1803; left 1803. [Note Richard Orlando Bridgman, barrister, 3 New Square. Lincoln’s Inn, Law List 1822, but he was presumably Richard Orlando Lanty Bridgman, baptized Richard Lanty Bridgman, Bombay, whose will was proved PCC 19 Aug 1829]