Richard Whalley Bridgman (c.1761–1820) was an English attorney and writer on law.
Richard Whalley Bridgman was baptised on 9 March 1762, the son of Richard Bridgman and Sarah Whalley. [1] He was an attorney and was employed as a clerk of the Grocers' Company in 1787. [2] By June 1796 he had embezzled over £2,317, which he could not repay. He was declared a bankrupt [3] and was subsequently imprisoned in Fleet jail before his release in 1804. [4] [5]
He was already a widower by 1797 and on 29 August 1797 he married Ann Lanty of Greenwich at St Martin in the fields. [6] He died at Bath, Somerset 16 November 1820, in his fifty-ninth year. He was buried at St. Swithin, Walcot on 22 November 1820. [7] The burial register states he lived in Walcot Parade (No.2), which survives as a grade 2 listed building. [8]
He left the following works, published between 1798 and 1813:
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
public domain: "
Bridgman, Richard Whalley".
Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
Richard Whalley Bridgman (c.1761–1820) was an English attorney and writer on law.
Richard Whalley Bridgman was baptised on 9 March 1762, the son of Richard Bridgman and Sarah Whalley. [1] He was an attorney and was employed as a clerk of the Grocers' Company in 1787. [2] By June 1796 he had embezzled over £2,317, which he could not repay. He was declared a bankrupt [3] and was subsequently imprisoned in Fleet jail before his release in 1804. [4] [5]
He was already a widower by 1797 and on 29 August 1797 he married Ann Lanty of Greenwich at St Martin in the fields. [6] He died at Bath, Somerset 16 November 1820, in his fifty-ninth year. He was buried at St. Swithin, Walcot on 22 November 1820. [7] The burial register states he lived in Walcot Parade (No.2), which survives as a grade 2 listed building. [8]
He left the following works, published between 1798 and 1813:
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
public domain: "
Bridgman, Richard Whalley".
Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.