Bridges baronets

The Bridges Baronetcy, of Goodnestone in the County of Kent, was created in the Baronetage of Great Britain on 19 April 1718 for Brook Bridges. His son the second Baronet, died in 1733 whilst in office as High Sheriff of Kent. His grandson, the third Baronet, represented Kent in the House of Commons. In 1842, the fifth Baronet (the grandson of the third Baronet), unsuccessfully claimed the ancient barony of FitzWalter (which had been in abeyance since 1756) as a descendant of Mary, sister of the seventeenth Baron FitzWalter. He later sat as a Member of Parliament for Kent East. In 1868 he was created Baron FitzWalter, of Woodham Walter in the County of Essex, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. However, the peerage became extinct on his death, while he was succeeded in the baronetcy by his younger brother, the sixth Baronet. On his death the title passed to his first cousin, the seventh Baronet. He was the son of Reverend Brook Henry Bridges, third son of the third Baronet. When he died this line of the family also failed and the title was passed on to his first cousin, the eighth Baronet. He was the son of Reverend Brook Edward Bridges, fourth son of the third Baronet. He never married and on his death in 1899 the baronetcy became extinct.

The seat of the Bridges family was Goodnestone Park in Kent. The house was built in 1704 by the first Bridges Baronet. After the death of the last Baronet in 1899 the house came into the Plumptre family through the marriage of Eleanor Bridges, daughter of the fourth Bridges Baronet, to Reverend Henry Western Plumptre. In 1924 the abeyance of the barony of FitzWalter was terminated in favour of the latter's grandson, John Bridges Plumptre.

• Sir Brook Bridges, 1st Baronet (1679–1728)
• Sir Brook Bridges, 2nd Baronet (1709–1733)
• Sir Brook William Bridges, 3rd Baronet (1733–1791)
• Sir Brook William Bridges, 4th Baronet (1767–1829)
• Sir Brook William Bridges, 5th Baronet (1801–1875) (created Baron FitzWalter in 1868)

• Brook William Bridges, 1st Baron FitzWalter (1801–1875)

• Sir Brook George Bridges, 6th Baronet (1802–1890)
• Sir Thomas Pym Bridges, 7th Baronet (1805–1895)
• Sir George Talbot Bridges, 8th Baronet (1818–1899)

v t e Baron FitzWalter, Viscount FitzWalter, Earl FitzWalter, Viscount Harwich and Earl of Sussex (2nd creation)

Baron FitzWalter, 1295 Robert FitzWalter (1247–1326) 1st Baron FitzWalter 1295–1326 Robert FitzWalter (before 1300–1328) 2nd Baron FitzWalter John FitzWalter (before 1315–1361) 3rd Baron FitzWalter Walter FitzWalter (1345–1386) 4th Baron FitzWalter Walter FitzWalter (1368–1406) 5th Baron FitzWalter Humphrey FitzWalter (1398–1415) 6th Baron FitzWalter Walter FitzWalter (1400–1431) 7th Baron FitzWalter Elizabeth FitzWalter (1430–1485) 8th Baroness FitzWalter John Radcliffe (d. 28 March 1461) John Radcliffe (1451–1496) 9th Baron FitzWalter Viscount FitzWalter, 1525 Earl of Sussex (2nd creation), 1529 Robert Radcliffe (1483–1542) 1st Earl of Sussex and Viscount FitzWalter, 10th Baron FitzWalter 1525–1542 Henry Radcliffe (1507–1557) 2nd Earl of Sussex and Viscount FitzWalter, 11th Baron FitzWalter 1542–1557 Humphrey Radcliffe (d. 1566) Thomas Radcliffe (c. 1525–1583) 3rd Earl of Sussex and Viscount FitzWalter, 12th Baron FitzWalter 1557–1583 Henry Radcliffe (c. 1530–1593) 4th Earl of Sussex and Viscount FitzWalter, 13th Baron FitzWalter 1583–1593 Frances Radcliffe (d. 1602) Thomas Mildmay (d. 1608) Edward Radcliffe (1559–1643) 6th Earl of Sussex and Viscount FitzWalter 1629–1643 Earldom of Sussex and Viscountcy of FitzWalter extinct, 1643 Robert Radcliffe (1573–1629) 5th Earl of Sussex and Viscount FitzWalter, 14th Baron FitzWalter 1593–1629 Henry Mildmay (c. 1585–1654) de jure 15th Baron FitzWalter Barony of FitzWalter dormant, 1629 Robert Mildmay (d. 1646) Henry Mildmay (d. 1662) de jure 16th Baron FitzWalter Benjamin Mildmay (c. 1646–1679) 17th Baron FitzWalter de jure 1662–1667, confirmed 1667–1679 Mary Mildmay (1637–1715) Henry Mildmay (d. 13 December 1692) Earl FitzWalter and Viscount Harwich, 1730 Bridges Baronets of Goodnestone, County Kent, 1718 Charles Mildmay (1670–d. 1727/1728) 18th Baron FitzWalter Benjamin Mildmay (1672–1756) 1st Earl FitzWalter and Viscount Harwich, 19th Baron FitzWalter 1730–1756 Frederica Schomberg (1687–1751) formerly Countess of Holderness Frances Mildmay (1666–1705) Christopher Fowler Brook Bridges (1679–1728) 1st Baronet 1718–1728 Earldom of FitzWalter, Viscountcy of Harwich extinct and FitzWalter Barony (1295 creation) extinct, 1756 Edmund Fowler (c. 1701–1751) Brook Bridges (1709–1733) 2nd Baronet 1728–1733 Fanny Fowler (1746–1825) Brook William Bridges (1733–1791) 3rd Baronet Brook William Bridges (1767–1829) 4th Baronet Reverend Brook Henry (1769–1855) Reverend Brook Edward Bridges Baron FitzWalter of Woodham Walter, County Kent, 1868 Brook William Bridges (1801–1875) 5th Baronet, 1st Baron FitzWalter 1868–1875 Brook George Bridges (1802–1890) 6th Baronet 1875–1890 Eleanor Bridges (1805–1892) Reverend Henry Western Plumptre (d. 1863) Thomas Pym Bridges (1805–1895) 7th Baronet 1890–1895 George Talbot Bridges (1818–1899) 8th Baronet 1895–1899 FitzWalter Barony of Woodham Walter, County Kent extinct, 1875 Bridges Baronetcy extinct, 1899 Major John Bridges Plumptre (1832–1888) Elizabeth Wright (1835–1909) Baron FitzWalter (1295 creation) abeyance terminated, 1924 Henry FitzWalter Plumptre (1860–1932) 20th Baron FitzWalter 1924–1932 George Beresford Plumptre (1869–1934) Baron FitzWalter (1295 creation) abeyant, 1932 Baron FitzWalter (1295 creation) abeyance terminated, 1953 FitzWalter Brook Plumptre (1914–2004) 21st Baron FitzWalter 1953–2004 Julian Brook Plumptre (b. 1952) 22nd Baron FitzWalter 2004–present Edward Brook Plumptre (b. 1989)

• Baron FitzWalter

• Goodnestone Park

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