Earl of Bradford - Bridgeman Baronets, of Great Lever (1660)

Bridgeman Baronets, of Great Lever (1660)

• Sir Orlando Bridgeman, 1st Baronet (1609–1674), son of John Bridgeman, Bishop of Chester.

• Sir John Bridgeman, 2nd Baronet (16 August 1631 – 24 August 1710). Bridgeman was a jurist. The son of the Lord Keeper of the Great Seal Sir Orlando Bridgeman, 1st Baronet, of Great Lever, and Judith Kynaston, and older brother of Sir Orlando Bridgeman, 1st Baronet, of Ridley, he was called to the Bar, Inner Temple in 1646, and succeeded in his father's baronetcy on 25 June 1674. He was married to Mary Cradock, daughter of George Cradock of Caverswall Castle. They had two children: Orlando Bridgeman, married Katherine Bridgeman, daughter of William Bridgeman; Sir John Bridgeman, 3rd Baronet. Bridgeman died, aged 79, in Castle Bromwich, Warwickshire and was buried in Aston.

• Sir John Bridgeman, 3rd Baronet (9 August 1667 – 21 July 1747). Bridgeman was the second son of Sir John Bridgeman, 2nd Baronet, and Mary Cradock, and was educated at Oriel College, Oxford. In 1689, he was called to the Bar, Inner Temple. On 24 January 1710, Bridgeman succeeded in his father's baronetcy. He married Ursula Matthews, daughter of Roger Matthews in 1694. They had two children: Sir Orlando Bridgeman, 4th Baronet; Ursula Bridgeman, married Hugh Williams. Bridgeman died, aged 79, and was buried in Blodwell, Shropshire.

• Sir Orlando Bridgeman, 4th Baronet (1695–1776)
• Sir Henry Bridgeman, 5th Baronet (1725–1800) (created Baron Bradford in 1794)