Caroline Bridgeman, Viscountess Bridgeman

Caroline Bridgeman, Viscountess Bridgeman DBE, JP (30 June 1873[1] – 26 December 1961) was an English aristocrat, political activist, and churchwoman.[2]

Life

Born Caroline Beatrix Parker to Hon. Cecil Thomas Parker, son of the 6th Earl of Macclesfield, and Rosamond Esther Harriet Longley, daughter of Archbishop of Canterbury Charles Thomas Longley, she married the 1st Viscount Bridgeman (1864-1935) on 30 April 1895 in Eccleston, Chester, England. As a result of her marriage, she was styled as Viscountess Bridgeman on 18 June 1929.

She was invested as a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in 1924, after which she was also known as Dame Caroline Bridgeman. Bridgeman held the office Justice of Peace (JP) and was a governor of the BBC between 1935 and 1939. She died on 26 December 1961 of undisclosed causes, aged 88.

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  1. Profile, oxfordindex.oup.com; accessed 22 March 2016.
  2. Sutherland, Duncan. "Bridgeman, Dame Caroline Beatrix". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/39506. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

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