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No. 15.

FAMILY GROUP.

HENRY BRIDGEMAN, first Lord Bradford; yellow dress, hat and feathers. LADY BRADFORD, in green. The eldest daughter in a pink gown, playing the harpsichord. Her sister in a white gown, playing the harp. ORLANDO in red. JOHN in blue. GEORGE sitting on the step near the pianoforte.

BY PINE.

SIR HENRY BRIDGEMAN, BART., FIRST BARON

BRADFORD.

BORN 1725, DIED 1800.

The eldest surviving son of Sir Orlando Bridgeman, by Lady Anne Newport, daughter of the second Earl of Bradford. He sat in Parliament for many years, and in 1794 was advanced to the Peerage, as Baron Bradford of Bradford, County Salop. He married Elizabeth, daughter and heir of John Simpson, Esq., by whom he had a large family. His wife, three sons, and two daughters are represented in this group, namely, Orlando, his successor, John (Bridgeman Simpson), George, Rector of Wigan. The daughters married Henry Greswolde Lewis of Malvern Hall, Esq., and Sir George William Gunning, Bart.

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