Sir Brook Bridges, 3rd Baronet

Sir Brook William Bridges, 3rd Baronet (17 September 1733 – 4 September 1791)[1] was a British baronet and Whig politician.

Goodnestone House- family seat of the Bridges family

Born at Whitehall, he was the only son of Sir Brook Bridges, 2nd Baronet and his wife Elizabeth Palmer, daughter and co-heiress of Sir Thomas Palmer, 4th Baronet, of Wingham (her sisters Anne Palmer and Mary Palmer both married into Finch family).[2] Born after his father's death and being the eldest son, he was born into the title and property of the baronetcy of Goodnestone Park in Kent.[2]

Education and career

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Bridges was educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge until 1752[3] and began subsequently his Grand Tour.[4] In 1763, he entered the British House of Commons for Kent, representing the constituency as Member of Parliament (MP) until 1774.[5] He was for several years Receiver General of the land tax for Kent.[6]

Marriages and family

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On 11 June 1765, he married Fanny Fowler, daughter of Edmund Fowler and heiress to the title Baron Fitzwalter, at St George's, Hanover Square in London.[citation needed] They had six daughters and seven sons.[6]

Death and legacy

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Bridges died, aged 57 in Portman Square in London[10] and was buried in Goodnestone.[citation needed] He was succeeded in the baronetcy by his second son William, who after the death of his older brother in 1781 had taken the additional Christian name Brook by licence of the archbishop.[10]

References

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  1. ^ "Leigh Rayment - Baronetage". Archived from the original on 1 May 2008. Retrieved 2 July 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ^ a b Burke, John (1832). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire. Vol. I (4th ed.). London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley. p. 144.
  3. ^ "Bridges, Sir Brook, Bart (BRGS752B)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  4. ^ Sir Lewis Namier & John Brooke, ed. (1985). The House of Commons, 1754-1790. Vol. I. Cambridge: Secker & Warburg. p. 118.
  5. ^ "Leigh Rayment - British House of Commons". Archived from the original on 10 August 2009. Retrieved 2 July 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  6. ^ a b Debrett, John (1824). Debrett's Baronetage of England. Vol. I (5th ed.). London: G. Woodfall. p. 421.
  7. ^ "Goodnestone Park Gardens Kent - family garden walks, events, concerts and weddings". Archived from the original on 17 February 2010.
  8. ^ "Reverend Brook Edward Bridges and the Bridges of Goodnestone Park". Jane Austen: Celebrating Bath's Most Famous Resident. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
  9. ^ "BBC - Drama - Miss Austen Regrets". BBC. 27 April 2008. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
  10. ^ a b Sylvanus, Urban (1791). The Gentleman's Magazine. Vol. part II. London: John Nichols. p. 876.
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Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Kent
1763 – 1774
With: Robert Fairfax 1763–1768
John Frederick Sackville 1768–1769
Sir Charles Farnaby 1769–1774
Succeeded by
Baronetage of Great Britain
Preceded by
Brook Bridges
Baronet
(of Goodneston)
1733–1791
Succeeded by
Brook William Bridges