Caroline Bridgeman, Viscountess Bridgeman
Caroline Beatrix Bridgeman, Viscountess Bridgeman, DBE, JP was an English aristocrat, political activist, and churchwoman.
Life
She was born 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 on 30 April 1895 in Eccleston, Chester, England.She was involved in politics, working with the Tariff Reform League Women's Association and becoming the first chairwoman of the National Union of Conservative and Unionist Organisations.
She was appointed a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1924, after which she was also known as Dame Caroline Bridgeman. When her husband became the first Viscount Bridgeman on June 18, 1929, she was styled as Viscountess Bridgeman.
Bridgeman held the office Justice of Peace and was a governor of the BBC between 1935 and 1939. She was also Vice-Chairman of the House of Laity, Church Assembly.
She died on 26 December 1961, aged 88.
Family
Her family include the following;Children
- Sir Robert Clive Bridgeman, 2nd Viscount Bridgeman
- Brigadier Hon. Geoffrey John Orlando Bridgeman
- Anne Bridgeman
- Hon. Sir Maurice Richard Bridgeman