Henry Bridgeman, 1st Baron Bradford (7 September 1725 – 5 June 1800),[1] known as Sir Henry Bridgeman, 5th Baronet, between 1764 and 1794, was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons for 46 years from 1748 to 1794 when he was raised to the peerage as Baron Bradford.

[4] On the death of his maternal uncle, Thomas Newport, 4th Earl of Bradford, in 1762, Bridgeman inherited Weston Park and two years later he succeeded his father as baronet.

[5] In 1748, Bridgeman entered the British House of Commons, having been elected for Ludlow.

[7] He was nominated clerk of the household to George, Prince of Wales, a post he held until the latter's accession in 1760.

[1] His fourth son John took over his seat in Parliament and assumed the surname Simpson.