'Brydges03'
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Families covered: Bridges of Goodneston

Brook Bridges of Grove, later of Goodneston
m. Mary Lewen (dau of Sir Justinian Lewen)
1. Sir Brook Bridges, 1st Bart of Goodneston (d 16.03.1727-8)
  m1. (23.06.1707) Margaret Marsham (b 04.09.1684, d 1719, dau of Sir Robert Marsham, Bart)
  A. Sir Brook Bridges, 2nd Bart of Goodneston, Sheriff of Kent (d 23.05.1733)
  m. Anne Palmer (bpt 26.07.1714, d 1743, dau of Sir Thomas Palmer, Bart)
i. Sir Brook Bridges, 3rd Bart of Goodneston (b 17.09.1733, d 04.09.1791)
  m. (11.06.1765) Fanny Fowler (b 05.12.1746, d 16.03.1825, dau of Edward Fowler of Graces)
  Through this marriage arose a claim to the Barony of FitzWalter.
  a. Sir Brook William Bridges, 4th Bart of Goodneston (b 22.06.1767, d 21.04.1829)
  m1. (14.08.1800) Eleanor Foote (d 29.01.1806, dau of John Foote of London)
  (1) Sir Brook William Bridges, 5th Bart of Goodneston, Lord FitzWalter of Woodham Walter (b 02.06.1801, dsp 06.12.1875)
  His claim to the ancient Barony of FitzWalter was not proved in his lifetime. His title was a new creation.
  m. (04.07.1834) Fanny Cage (b c1793, d 28.10.1874, dau of Lewis Cage of Milgate) below
(2) Sir Brook George Bridges, 5th Bart of Goodneston (b 12.10.1802, dsp 01.04.1890, rector of Orlingbury and Blankney)
  m. (15.11.1832) Louisa Chaplin (d 21.01.1884, dau of Charles Chaplin of Blankney)
  (3) Eleanor Bridges of Goodneston (b 13.11.1805, d 24.01.1892)
  m. (10.04.1828) Henry Western Plumptre (d 23.04.1863, rector of Eastwood)
  Their eldest son's eldest son was summoned to Parliament in 1924 as the 20th Lord FitzWalter.
  m2. (15.12.1809) Dorothy Elizabeth Hawley (d 17.05.1816, dau of Sir Henry Hawley, Bart)
  b. Henry Bridges, later Brook (b 01.06.1769, d 21.09.1855)
  m. (01.07.1795) Jane Hales (b 1766, dau of Sir Thomas Pym Hales, Bart)
  (1)+ issue - Brook Henry (b 1799, d 1829), Thomas Pym (b 1805), Jane, Mary, Amelia
c. Brook Edward Bridges (b 1779, d 1825) had issue
  m. (1809) Harriet Foote (d 10.1864, dau of John Foote)
  d. Fanny Bridges
  m. Lewis Cage of Milgate
  (1) Fanny Cage (b c1793, d 28.10.1874)
m. (04.07.1834) Sir Brook William Bridges, 5th Bart of Goodneston, Lord FitzWalter of Woodham Walter (b 02.06.1801, dsp 06.12.1875) above
  e. Sophia Bridges
  m. (1791) William Deedes
  f. Elizabeth Bridges (d 10.10.1808)
  m. (1791) Edward Austen, later Knight of Godmersham Park (b 07.10.1768, d 19.11.1852)
  g. Harriet Mary Bridges
  m. (1806) George Moore (rector of Wrotham, son of John, Archbishop of Canterbury)
  B. Margaret Bridges presumably the Margaretta (dsp) who married ...
  m. (1756) John Plumptre of Fredville & Nottingham
  m2. Mary Hales (dau of Sir Thomas Hales, Bart)

Main source(s): BP1870 (FitzWalter) with some support and input from BP1934 (FitzWalter)
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