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Name: BRIDGEMAN, Henry George Orlando DSO, MC (Col.), Hon.
Nee: bro of the 5th Earl of Bradford
Birth Date: 15 Aug 1882 Castle Bromwich
Death Date: 19 May 1972 Northumberland
First Date: 1922
Profession: Absentee landlord
Area: Timau, Kiambu, Nanyuki, Nyeri
Married: 30 Dec 1930 Joan Constable-Maxwell b. 22 Mar 1901 Kiltarlity, Inverness-shire, d. 18 Dec 1991 Northampton (dau. of Hon. Bernard Constable-Maxwell)
Children: Peter Orlando Ronald (9 May 1933 Alnwick-2013); John Henry Orlando (1938); Mary Helena (1932-2018) (Kenyon-Slaney); Alice Christina (1936) (McKenzie)
Book Reference: Foster, Debrett, KAD, Hut, Red 22, DSO, Burke, SS, Paice's Place
War Service: WW1 as Lt.- Col. R.A. (despatches, MC, Order of Danilo of Montenegro, DSO)
School: Harrow and Royal Military Academy Woolwich
General Information:
Foster - one of Bridgeman's sisters married the Duke of Buccleuch, another married the Earl of Sefton. Bridgeman was the late Bruce Mackenzie's father-in-law
Debrett 1954 - is a JP and DL for Northumberland; European War 1914-18 as Lieut.-Col. RA (despatches, MC, Order of Danilo of Montenegro, DSO); was ADC to Gen. Officer Comdg.-in-Chief, Ireland
Soldier Settlement Scheme after WW1 - Class B - Lieut.-Col. Hon. H.G.O. Bridgeman DSO, MC, 1 Cottesmore Gardens, Kensington, W - Farm 61
Paice's Place - Nanyuki also had its aristocratic element, Lady Mary Boyd, and even its 'resident tourist', the Hon. H.G.O. Bridgeman, a man with 'bags of money' and extensive interests in both South Africa and Britain. His main activity during his visits to the district was shooting, but the fact that he also contributed £200 to the establishment of the local creamery indicates that even absentee landlords did not entirely neglect their local responsibilities.
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