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EspañolFRANCIS CHARLES BRIDGEMAN BRIDGEMAN
(Redirected from Francis Bridgeman (Royal Navy officer))
Admiral 'Sir Francis Charles Bridgeman Bridgeman' GCB, GCVO (7 December 1848 – 17 February 1929) was a British sailor.
The son of Reverend William Bridgeman Simpson and Lady Frances Laura Wentworth FitzWilliam, and descendant of the 1st Baron Bradford was Aide-de-Camp to King Edward VII between 1901 and 1903. From 1907 to 1909, he was Commander-in-Chief of the Home Fleet, from 1909 to 1911 he was Second Sea Lord and First Sea Lord of the Admiralty in 1911 and 1912. By 1922, he had become Vice-Admiral of the United Kingdom and held this post until 1929.
Invested as a Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order in 1911, and of the Order of the Bath one year later, Bridgeman was also a Commander of the Legion of Honour (2nd class), and of the Saviour of Greece.
On 6 November 1889, he married Emily Charlotte Shiffner, daughter of Thomas Shiffner.
★ thePeerage
★ Admiral Sir Francis Bridgeman, Stewart Ross, , , , 1998, ISBN 0-9523628-8-0
Admiral 'Sir Francis Charles Bridgeman Bridgeman' GCB, GCVO (7 December 1848 – 17 February 1929) was a British sailor.
| Contents |
| Naval career |
| References |
| Further reading |
Naval career
The son of Reverend William Bridgeman Simpson and Lady Frances Laura Wentworth FitzWilliam, and descendant of the 1st Baron Bradford was Aide-de-Camp to King Edward VII between 1901 and 1903. From 1907 to 1909, he was Commander-in-Chief of the Home Fleet, from 1909 to 1911 he was Second Sea Lord and First Sea Lord of the Admiralty in 1911 and 1912. By 1922, he had become Vice-Admiral of the United Kingdom and held this post until 1929.
Invested as a Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order in 1911, and of the Order of the Bath one year later, Bridgeman was also a Commander of the Legion of Honour (2nd class), and of the Saviour of Greece.
On 6 November 1889, he married Emily Charlotte Shiffner, daughter of Thomas Shiffner.
References
★ thePeerage
Further reading
★ Admiral Sir Francis Bridgeman, Stewart Ross, , , , 1998, ISBN 0-9523628-8-0
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