Sir Brook Bridges, 3rd Baronet

Sir Brook William Bridges, 3rd Baronet (17 September 1733 – 4 September 1791)[1] was a British baronet and Whig politician.

Goodnestone House- family seat of the Bridges family

Born at Whitehall, he was the only son of Sir Brook Bridges, 2nd Baronet and his wife Elizabeth Palmer, daughter and co-heiress of Sir Thomas Palmer, 4th Baronet, of Wingham (her sisters Anne Palmer and Mary Palmer both married into Finch family).[2] Born after his father's death and being the eldest son, he was born into the title and property of the baronetcy of Goodnestone Park in Kent.[2]

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  2. ^ a b Burke, John (1832). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire. Vol. I (4th ed.). London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley. p. 144.