Rev. George Thomas Orlando Bridgeman , Venn's entry reads: Bridgeman, the Hon. George Thomas Orlando. College: TRINITY Entered: Michs. 1842 Born: Aug. 21, 1823 Died: Nov. 25, 1895 Adm. pens. at TRINITY, May 19, 1842. 2nd s. of George Augustus Frederick Henry (1807), Earl of Bradford. B. Aug. 21, 1823. (School, Harrow.) Matric. Michs. 1842; M.A. 1845. Ord. deacon (Rochester) 1849; priest (Hereford) 1850; R. of Willey, Salop, 1850-3. R. of St Mary's, Blymhill, Staffs., 1853-64. Rural Dean of Brewood, 1863. R. of Wigan, Lancs., 1864-95. J.P. for Staffs. and Salop. Hon. Canon of Chester, 1872-80; of Liverpool, 1880. Chaplain-in-ordinary to Queen Victoria, 1872-95. Trustee of the `William Salt' Library at Stafford. Author, `Some Account of the Manor and Parish of Blymhill' (Hist. Coll. of Staffs., I. 289-384; II. 67-147); A History of the Church and Manor of Wigan; History of the Princes of South Wales, etc. Died Nov. 25, 1895, aged 72, at The Hall, Wigan. Brother of John R. O. (1849) and Orlando G. C. (1837); father of Ernest R. O. (1867) and Charles G. O. (1871). (R. Simms, Bibliotheca Staffs.; Burke, P. and B., sub Bradford.)
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