Sir Brook Bridges, 3rd Baronet

Marriages and family

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On 11 June 1765, he married Fanny Fowler, daughter of Edmund Fowler and heiress to the title Baron Fitzwalter, at St George's, Hanover Square in London.^{[citation needed]} They had six daughters and seven sons.^[6]

Sophia (d. 1844), who married Col. William Deedes MP for Hythe. They had at least four sons.
Harriet Mary, who married Rev. George Moore, son of the Most Rev. John Moore, Archbishop of Canterbury. They had one son, Edward, who later married Lady Harriet Montagu-Scott, daughter of Charles Montagu-Scott, 4th Duke of Buccleuch.
Brook (14 Aug 1766 – 9 Jul 1781)
Sir Brook William (22 Jun 1767 – 21 Apr 1829), who married firstly Eleanor Foote with whom he had three children including Brook Bridges, 1st Baron FitzWalter and Sir Brook William Bridges, 5th Baronet. He married secondly Dorothy Hawley, daughter of Sir Henry Hawley, 1st Baronet but without issue.
Rev. Brook Henry (1 Jun 1769 – 20 Sep 1855), who married Jane Hales, daughter of Sir Thomas Hales, 4th Baronet. They had five children.
Elizabeth (1773–1808), who married Edward Austen Knight, son of Rev. George Austen and older brother of Jane Austen (she visited them at Goodnestone regularly).^[7] They had eleven children.
Rev. Brook Edward (1779-23 Apr 1825), who married Harriet Foote, sister to Eleanor. They had two sons. (This is the "Edward Bridges" mentioned in Jane Austen's letters^[8] and portrayed by Hugh Bonneville in Miss Austen Regrets.)^[9]

References

[1]
"Leigh Rayment - Baronetage". Archived from the original on 1 May 2008. Retrieved 2 July 2009.
[2]
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.
[3]
"Bridges, Sir Brook, Bart (BRGS752B)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
[4]
Sir Lewis Namier & John Brooke, ed. (1985). The House of Commons, 1754-1790. Vol. I. Cambridge: Secker & Warburg. p. 118.
[5]
"Leigh Rayment - British House of Commons". Archived from the original on 10 August 2009. Retrieved 2 July 2009.
[6]
Debrett, John (1824). Debrett's Baronetage of England. Vol. I (5th ed.). London: G. Woodfall. p. 421.
[7]
"Goodnestone Park Gardens Kent - family garden walks, events, concerts and weddings". Archived from the original on 17 February 2010.
[8]
"Reverend Brook Edward Bridges and the Bridges of Goodnestone Park". Jane Austen: Celebrating Bath's Most Famous Resident. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
[9]
"BBC - Drama - Miss Austen Regrets". BBC. 27 April 2008. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
[10]
Sylvanus, Urban (1791). The Gentleman's Magazine. Vol. part II. London: John Nichols. p. 876.

Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by Robert Fairfax Sir Wyndham Knatchbull-Wyndham	Member of Parliament for Kent 1763 – 1774 With: Robert Fairfax 1763–1768 John Frederick Sackville 1768–1769 Sir Charles Farnaby 1769–1774	Succeeded by Charles Marsham Thomas Knight
Baronetage of Great Britain
Preceded by Brook Bridges	Baronet (of Goodneston) 1733–1791	Succeeded by Brook William Bridges

Preceded by

Member of Parliament for Kent
1763 – 1774
With: Robert Fairfax 1763–1768
John Frederick Sackville 1768–1769
Sir Charles Farnaby 1769–1774

Succeeded by

Preceded by

Brook Bridges

Baronet
(of Goodneston)
1733–1791

Succeeded by

Brook William Bridges

Sophia (d. 1844), who married Col. William Deedes MP for Hythe. They had at least four sons.
Harriet Mary, who married Rev. George Moore, son of the Most Rev. John Moore, Archbishop of Canterbury. They had one son, Edward, who later married Lady Harriet Montagu-Scott, daughter of Charles Montagu-Scott, 4th Duke of Buccleuch.
Brook (14 Aug 1766 – 9 Jul 1781)
Sir Brook William (22 Jun 1767 – 21 Apr 1829), who married firstly Eleanor Foote with whom he had three children including Brook Bridges, 1st Baron FitzWalter and Sir Brook William Bridges, 5th Baronet. He married secondly Dorothy Hawley, daughter of Sir Henry Hawley, 1st Baronet but without issue.
Rev. Brook Henry (1 Jun 1769 – 20 Sep 1855), who married Jane Hales, daughter of Sir Thomas Hales, 4th Baronet. They had five children.
Elizabeth (1773–1808), who married Edward Austen Knight, son of Rev. George Austen and older brother of Jane Austen (she visited them at Goodnestone regularly).^[7] They had eleven children.
Rev. Brook Edward (1779-23 Apr 1825), who married Harriet Foote, sister to Eleanor. They had two sons. (This is the "Edward Bridges" mentioned in Jane Austen's letters^[8] and portrayed by Hugh Bonneville in Miss Austen Regrets.)^[9]

Education and career