Richard Thomas Orlando Bridgeman, 7th Earl of Bradford (born 3 October 1947), styled Viscount Newport from 1957 to 1981, is a British peer and businessman.

Because the 6th Earl left the family with large death duties, Bradford gifted his home Weston Park and 1,000 acres to the nation in 1986, with the support of the National Heritage Memorial Fund, to the Weston Park Foundation.

In the 2001 general election, he was a candidate for parliament in the House of Commons, running as a candidate for the UK Independence Party, obtaining 5.2% support (2,315 votes) in Stafford, losing to David Kidney, but achieving the 4th best result for the party.

[4] In May 2012 he stood unsuccessfully for the party in a by election in the Hyde Park ward of Westminster City Council, with the support of celebrity nightclub-owner Peter Stringfellow.

They have four children: On 30 August 2008, he married Dr. Penelope Ann Law, a consultant obstetrician and author of the book "Expecting a Baby?