Sir Brook Bridges, 1st Baronet
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Sir Brook Bridges, 1st Baronet, FRS (12 August 1679 - 16 March 1728) was a British barrister
. He held the office of Auditor of the Imprest of the Treasury
.
He was admitted to Middle Temple
on 25 April 1713.
He was created 1st Baronet Bridges, of Goodneston, on 19 April 1718.
He built Goodnestone Park
in 1704.
He married:
Barrister
A barrister is a member of one of the two classes of lawyer found in many common law jurisdictions with split legal professions. Barristers specialise in courtroom advocacy, drafting legal pleadings and giving expert legal opinions...
. He held the office of Auditor of the Imprest of the Treasury
Auditor of the imprests
Auditor of the Imprests was a profitable office of the Exchequer, responsible for auditing the accounts of officers of the English crown to whom money was issued for government expenditure, from 1559 to 1785.-Foundation:...
.
He was admitted to Middle Temple
Middle Temple
The Honourable Society of the Middle Temple, commonly known as Middle Temple, is one of the four Inns of Court exclusively entitled to call their members to the English Bar as barristers; the others being the Inner Temple, Gray's Inn and Lincoln's Inn...
on 25 April 1713.
He was created 1st Baronet Bridges, of Goodneston, on 19 April 1718.
He built Goodnestone Park
Goodnestone, Dover
Goodnestone is a village in the district of Dover, Kent, England.-Goodnestone Park near Sandwich:Goodnestone Park is a stately home near the Canterbury–Sandwich village. It was built in 1704 by Brook Bridges, 1st Baronet....
in 1704.
Family
He was the son of Brook Bridges and Mary Lewen.He married:
- Margaret Marsham, daughter of Sir Robert Marsham, 4th BaronetSir Robert Marsham, 4th BaronetSir Robert Marsham, 4th Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1698 to 1702....
and Margaret Bosville, on 23 June 1707.- Margaret Bridges
- Sir Brook Bridges, 2nd Baronet (12 Mar 1708 - 23 May 1733)
- Mary Hales, daughter of Sir Thomas Hales, 2nd Baronet and Mary Pym, before 1724.