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Brigadier The Honourable Geoffrey John Orlando Bridgeman MC (3 July 1898 – 15 October 1974),[1] styled The Honourable from 1929, was a British soldier and ophthalmologist. Background and educationBorn at Harley Street in London, Bridgeman was the second son of William Bridgeman, 1st Viscount Bridgeman.[1] His mother Caroline was the daughter of Cecil Thomas Parker, younger son Thomas Parker, 6th Earl of Macclesfield.[1] Bridgeman's younger brother Maurice was a businessman and civil servant.[1] He was educated in Eton College and went then to Trinity College, Cambridge.[2] From 1917 he fought in the First World War, being commissioned into the Royal Field Artillery.[6] In 1918 he was decorated with the Military Cross[3] and after the end of the war retired as lieutenant.[2] He resumed his studies in Cambridge and after winning a classical exhibition, Bridgeman read natural sciences and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1920.[9] Six years later at St George's Hospital he obtained a Bachelor of Medicine and in 1928 he received further a Bachelor of Medicine and a Bachelor of Surgery.[4] CareerBridgeman worked first as chief clinical assistant at Moorfields Eye Hospital and then as ophthalmic surgeon at East Ham Memorial Hospital.[5] Subsequently, he returned to St George's and became employed at the Western Ophthalmic Hospital.[5] During the Second World War, he served in the Royal Army Medical Corps and gained the rank of brigadier.[2] Bridgeman was attached to the Middle East and came afterwards to India.[2] He was an honorary consultant ophthalmologist at the India and Burma Office and was elected a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England in 1933.[6] Bridgeman held membership of the Ophthalmological Society of the United Kingdom and of the British Medical Association.[7] FamilyOn 3 July 1929, Bridgeman married Mary Meriel Gertrude Talbot (18 January 1903 – 5 July 1974), daughter of the Rt. Hon. Sir George John Talbot and Gertrude Harriot Cator.[17] The couple had three children, one son and two daughters:[17][8]
Mary died in 1961 and Bridgeman survived her until 1974.[17] His son Robin succeeded his uncle Robert Bridgeman, 2nd Viscount Bridgeman in his title in 1982.[9] His granddaughter is actress Flora Montgomery.[8] Notes1. ^1 2 Fox-Davies (1929), p. 213 2. ^1 2 3 {{cite journal | title = Obituary | page = 393 | journal = The British Journal of Ophthalmology | volume = 59 | issue = 7 | author = T. Keith Lyle | publisher = BMJ Publishing Group | date = July 1975 | doi=10.1136/bjo.59.7.393| pmc = 1042648 }} 3. ^{{London Gazette | issue = 30624 |page=4411 | date = 9 April 1918 | supp = y }} 4. ^1 Cornelius (1988), p. 45 5. ^1 2 {{cite journal | title = Obituary notices | pages = 474–475 | journal = The British Medical Journal | volume = IV | issue = 5942 | publisher = BMJ Publishing Group | date = 23 November 1974 }} 6. ^1 Who's Who (1963), p. 354 7. ^Who's Who (1963), p. 355 8. ^1 Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 1, page 499. 9. ^1 2 3 de Massue (1994), p. 287 References{{columns-list|colwidth=30em|
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