Henry Bridgeman

Henry George Orlando Bridgeman DSO, MC, DL, JP, (15 August 1882 – 19 May 1972), His older brother was Orlando Bridgeman, 5th Earl of Bradford. and from 1905 served as aide-de-camp to Francis Grenfell, 1st Baron Grenfell, at that time Commander-in-Chief, Ireland. After the latter's resignation in 1908, Bridgeman held the same post to his successor Sir Neville Lyttelton. In the following year, he was decorated with the Military Cross From November 1918 until demobilisation Bridgeman commanded 236th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, in 47th Division as acting lieutenant-colonel. During the war he was mentioned in despatches five times and after its end was awarded the Order of Danilo of Montenegro. and retired finally in 1937, having reached the age limit.

He became a justice of the peace for Northumberland in 1945 and a deputy lieutenant of the same county one year later.

His older son Peter (1933–2013) was an officer in the British Army.

Bridgeman's wife survived her husband until 1991.