John Robert Orlando Bridgeman, third son of the 2nd Earl of Bradford, and Marianne Caroline Clive.

In these roles, Bridgeman became a devoted opponent of strikes and socialism, although he came to admire more moderate trade unionists.

He developed here a reputation for harshness and resolve, which continued in his time as First Lord of the Admiralty from November 1924[9][10] to June 1929.

[11] Opposing, William Joynson-Hicks, the then Home Secretary, spoke vehemently, maintaining that the new Prayer-book opened the door to Romish practices.

He became Justice of Peace and Deputy Lieutenant of Shropshire, and received an Honorary Doctor of Law from the University of Cambridge in 1930.

Cecil Thomas Parker and Rosamond Esther Harriet Longley, daughter of the Most Rev.

They had four children: Lord Bridgeman died in Leigh Manor, Shropshire, on 14 August 1935, aged 70, and was buried in the churchyard at Hope near Minsterley three days later.