Robin Bridgeman, 3rd Viscount Bridgeman



Robin John Orlando Bridgeman, 3rd Viscount Bridgeman, (born 5 December 1930), is a British hereditary peer and politician. He is a member of the House of Lords, and sits as a Conservative.

Background
Bridgeman is the son of Brigadier Geoffrey Bridgeman and Mary Meriel Gertrude Talbot, and the grandson of William Bridgeman, 1st Viscount Bridgeman. He was educated at Eton. He served in the Rifle Brigade in the years 1950 and 1951, commissioned as second lieutenant, and in the Royal Green Jackets reaching the rank of lieutenant.

Career
In 1958, Lord Bridgeman became a chartered accountant. He was partner of Fenn and Crosthwaite in 1973, and of Henderson Crosthwaite from 1975 to 1986. From 1988 to 1990, he was director of Guinness Mahon, and from 1988 to 1994 director of Nestor-BNA. He has further been director of The Bridgeman Art Library since 1972.

Bridgeman is a past chairman of the Friends of Lambeth Palace Library and treasurer of the New England Company and the Florence Nightingale Aid in Sickness Trust. He is also a chairman of the Hospital of St John and St Elizabeth and trustee of Music at Winchester. Between 1992 and 2000, he was special trustee of the Hammersmith and Queen Charlotte's Hospital Authority.

Lord Bridgeman is a Knight of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta. He succeeded his uncle, the 2nd Viscount, to the titles on 17 November 1982 and is one of the ninety elected hereditary peers in the House of Lords, where he sits for the Conservative Party. He is a spokesman on Home Affairs and a Government Whip.

Family
Lord Bridgeman has been married to Victoria Harriet Lucy Turton, daughter of Ralph Meredyth Turton, since 10 December 1966. They have four sons:
 * Hon. William Orlando Caspar Bridgeman (1968–2001)
 * Hon. Luke Robinson Orlando Bridgeman (born 1971, heir apparent)
 * Hon. Esmond Francis Ralph Orlando Bridgeman (born 1974)
 * Hon. Orlando Henry Geoffrey Bridgeman (born 1983)