Francis Charles Bridgeman Bridgeman

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This article is about the British admiral. For the British Army officer and MP, see Francis Charles Bridgeman.
Francis Bridgeman
7 December 1848 – 17 February 1929
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Admiral Sir Francis Bridgeman
Allegiance Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom
Service/branch Image:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Royal Navy
Awards GCB, GCVO

Admiral Sir Francis Charles Bridgeman Bridgeman GCB, GCVO (7 December 1848 – 17 February 1929) was a British sailor.

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Admiral Sir Francis Bridgeman

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The son of Reverend William Bridgeman Simpson and Lady Frances Laura Wentworth FitzWilliam, and descendant of the 1st Baron Bradford was Aide-de-Camp to King Edward VII between 1901 and 1903. From 1907 to 1909, he was Commander-in-Chief of the Home Fleet, from 1909 to 1911 he was Second Sea Lord and First Sea Lord of the Admiralty in 1911 and 1912. By 1922, he had become Vice-Admiral of the United Kingdom and held this post until 1929.

Invested as a Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order in 1911, and of the Order of the Bath one year later, Bridgeman was also a Commander of the Legion of Honour (2nd class), and of the Saviour of Greece.

On 6 November 1889, he married Emily Charlotte Shiffner, daughter of Thomas Shiffner.

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Military offices
Preceded by
Sir William May 		Second Sea Lord
1909–1911 		Succeeded by
Sir George Egerton
Preceded by
Sir Arthur Knyvet Wilson 		First Sea Lord
1911–1912 		Succeeded by
Prince Louis of Battenberg
Honorary titles
Preceded by
Sir Michael Culme-Seymour, Bt 		Vice-Admiral of the United Kingdom
?–1929 		Succeeded by
Sir Stanley Colville
v • d • e
Image:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg First Sea Lords of the Royal Navy

The Earl Howe • Sir Peter Parker • Prince William, Duke of Clarence • Sir George Cockburn • Sir Thomas Hardy • The Hon. George Heneage Dundas • Charles Adam • Sir George Cockburn • Sir Charles Adam • Sir George Cockburn • Sir William Parker • Sir Charles Adam • James Whitley Deans Dundas • The Hon. Maurice FitzHardinge Berkeley • Hyde Parker • The Hon. Maurice FitzHardinge Berkeley • The Hon. Sir Richard Saunders Dundas • William Fanshawe Martin • The Hon. Sir Richard Saunders Dundas • The Hon. Sir Frederick Grey • Sir Alexander Milne • Sir Sydney Dacres • Sir Alexander Milne • Sir Hastings Yelverton • George Wellesley • Sir Astley Cooper Key • Sir Arthur Acland Hood • Lord John Hay • Sir Arthur Acland Hood • Sir Richard Vesey Hamilton • Sir Anthony Hoskins • Sir Frederick Richards • Lord Walter Kerr • Sir John A. Fisher • Sir Arthur Knyvet Wilson • Sir Francis Bridgeman • Prince Louis of Battenberg • The Baron Fisher of Kilverstone • Sir Henry Jackson • Sir John Jellicoe • Sir Rosslyn Wemyss • The Earl Beatty • Sir Charles Madden, Bt • Sir Frederick Field • The Lord Chatfield • Sir Roger Backhouse • Sir Dudley Pound • The Lord Cunningham of Hyndhope • Sir John Cunningham • The Lord Fraser of North Cape • Sir Rhoderick McGrigor • The Earl Mountbatten of Burma • Sir Charles Lambe • Sir Caspar John • Sir David Luce • Sir Varyl Begg • Sir Michael Le Fanu • Sir Peter Hill-Norton • Sir Michael Pollock • Sir Edward Ashmore • Sir Terence Lewin • Sir Henry Leach • Sir John Fieldhouse • Sir William Staveley • Sir Julian Oswald • Sir Benjamin Bathurst • Sir Jock Slater • Sir Michael Boyce • Sir Nigel Essenhigh • Sir Alan West • Sir Jonathon Band •


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