Royal Naval Biography/Bridgman, Charles Orlando
HON CHARLES ORLANDO BRIDGMAN.
[Post-Captain of 1819.]
Second son of Orlando, first Earl of Bradford, by Lucy Elizabeth, daughter of the fourth Viscount Torrington.
This officer was born Feb. 5, 1791; made lieutenant, Sept. 10, 1810, and commander, May 16, 1814; appointed to the Icarus brig, of 10 guns, fitting for the South American station, June 24, 1817; and posted, Sept. 2, 1819. At present he commands the Rattlesnake 28, in the Mediterranean. He married, Dec. 2, 1819, Eliza Caroline, eldest daughter of Henry Chamberlain, Esq. British Consul at Rio Janeiro.
Agent.– Sir F. M. Ommanney.