George Thomas Orlando Bridgeman
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George Thomas Orlando Bridgeman (21 August 1823 – 25 November 1895) was a clergyman and antiquary, the second son of George Bridgeman, 2nd Earl of Bradford
.
He was educated at Harrow School
and Trinity College, Cambridge
. After being ordained, he became rector of the parish of Blymhill
in Shropshire
, where he had family connections. He began to study his family history, and contributed several articles to Archaeologia Cambrensis. The outcome of his research into genealogy
was History of the Princes of South Wales (1876).
George Bridgeman, 2nd Earl of Bradford
George Augustus Frederick Henry Bridgeman, 2nd Earl of Bradford was a British peer.The oldest son of the 1st Earl of Bradford and Lucy Elizabeth Byng, was educated at Harrow School, London, and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated with a Master of Arts in 1810...
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He was educated at Harrow School
Harrow School
Harrow School, commonly known simply as "Harrow", is an English independent school for boys situated in the town of Harrow, in north-west London.. The school is of worldwide renown. There is some evidence that there has been a school on the site since 1243 but the Harrow School we know today was...
and Trinity College, Cambridge
Trinity College, Cambridge
Trinity College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Trinity has more members than any other college in Cambridge or Oxford, with around 700 undergraduates, 430 graduates, and over 170 Fellows...
. After being ordained, he became rector of the parish of Blymhill
Blymhill
Blymhill is a village in Staffordshire, England....
in Shropshire
Shropshire
Shropshire is a county in the West Midlands region of England. For Eurostat purposes, the county is a NUTS 3 region and is one of four counties or unitary districts that comprise the "Shropshire and Staffordshire" NUTS 2 region. It borders Wales to the west...
, where he had family connections. He began to study his family history, and contributed several articles to Archaeologia Cambrensis. The outcome of his research into genealogy
Genealogy
Genealogy is the study of families and the tracing of their lineages and history. Genealogists use oral traditions, historical records, genetic analysis, and other records to obtain information about a family and to demonstrate kinship and pedigrees of its members...
was History of the Princes of South Wales (1876).