Bridges Nanfan

Bridges Nanfan (baptised 25 March 1623 – 4 June 1704) was an English politician, MP for Worcester and Worcestershire.

Nanfan was the son of John Nanfan MP of Birtsmorton, Worcestershire and his wife Mary, daughter of Edward Fleet alias Waldegrave of Worcester.[1]

Bridges matriculated at Balliol College, Oxford in 1640, and became a student of the Inner Temple in 1648.[2]

He served as a Commissioner for Assessment in Worcestershire 1664–80 and 1689, and a JP from 1678.[1]

Bridges and Thomas Foley were elected unopposed for Worcestershire in 1681.

With court support, Bridges was elected MP for Worcester in 1685. The electoral agents of King James II recommended him for re-election, as a court candidate of "good character and interest". When Bridges' son-in-law Lord Coote joined the Prince of Orange in the Glorious Revolution, Nanfan disclaimed responsibility, claiming that his daughter's marriage had been made without his consent.[1]

He died on 4 June 1704, and was buried at Birtsmorton.[1]

Family

On 15 November 1660, Nanfan married Catherine Hastings, daughter of Sir George Hastings MP.[1] They had one daughter:

gollark: And you are less likely to be infected there if you have fewer people going out for nonessential reasons.
gollark: It's not a risk you can choose.
gollark: You need to leave home a bit to get food and stuff. It's not a risk you *choose* if someone infects you there because they didn't want to stay at home.
gollark: I would agree with reducing lockdowns in places with very low-utilization hospitals and such. But otherwise not really.
gollark: You can *reduce* the spread...

References
  1. "NANFAN, Bridges (1623-1704), of Birtsmorton, Worcs". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
  2. Foster, Joseph (1891). Alumni Oxonienses: Nanfan, Bridges. 3. p. 1050. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
  3. "Catherine Nanfan". thepeerage.com. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
Parliament of England
Preceded by
Thomas Foley
Samuel Sandys		 Member of Parliament for Worcestershire
1681
With: Thomas Foley		 Succeeded by
Sir John Pakington, Bt
James Pytts
Preceded by
Henry Herbert
Sir Francis Winnington		 Member of Parliament for Worcester
1685–1687
With: William Bromley		 Succeeded by
William Bromley
Sir John Somers
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.