Francis Charles Bridgeman Bridgeman
- Francis Charles Bridgeman Bridgeman
Infobox Military Person
name=Francis Bridgeman
lived=7 December 1848 – 17 February 1929
caption=Admiral Sir Francis Bridgeman
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allegiance=flagicon|United Kingdom United Kingdom
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rank=Admiral
commands=First Sea Lord
Second Sea Lord
awards=Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order
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Admiral Sir Francis Charles Bridgeman Bridgeman GCB, GCVO (7 December 1848 – 17 February 1929) was a British sailor.
Naval career
The son of Reverend William Bridgeman Simpson and Lady Frances Laura Wentworth FitzWilliam (herself daughter of the Earl 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. He died aged 80 without issue.
References
*cite web | url= http://www.thepeerage.com/p14924.htm#i149240| title= thePeerage| accessdate= 2006-12-03
Further reading
*cite book | title= Admiral Sir Francis Bridgeman| author= Stewart Ross| year= 1998| id=ISBN 0-9523628-8-0
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