HON CHARLES ORLANDO BRIDGMAN.
[Post-Captain of 1819.]
Second son of Orlando, first Earl of Bradford, by Lucy Elizabeth, daughter of the fourth Viscount Torrington.
This officer was born Feb. 5, 1791; made lieutenant, Sept. 10, 1810, and commander, May 16, 1814; appointed to the Icarus brig, of 10 guns, fitting for the South American station, June 24, 1817; and posted, Sept. 2, 1819. At present he commands the Rattlesnake 28, in the Mediterranean. He married, Dec. 2, 1819, Eliza Caroline, eldest daughter of Henry Chamberlain, Esq. British Consul at Rio Janeiro.
Agent.– Sir F. M. Ommanney.
HENRY SHIFFNER, Esq.
A Magistrate for the County of Sussex.
[Post-Captain of 1819.]
Eldest surviving son of Sir George Shiffner, Bart. M.P. by Mary, only daughter and heiress of Sir John Bridger, of Coombe Place, Lewes, Knt.[1].
This officer was born, Nov. 4, 1789, and educated at the Royal Academy, Portsmouth, from whence he joined the Thetis frigate. Captain (now Rear-Admiral) William Hall Cage, in 1805. His promotion to the rank of lieutenant took place Feb. 10, 1809; on which occasion he was appointed to the Trusty, of 50 guns. In the following month, he was removed to the Owen Glendower 36, Captain William Selby, under whom he assisted at the capture of the island of Anholt, May 18th following[2]. We subsequently find him in the same ship, on the East India station, where he continued under the command of Captain Brian Hodgson, until Nov. 1814; when he received a commission from England, dated Feb. 22nd, pro-
- ↑ Sir George Shiffner is the son of the late Henry Shiffner, of Pontrylass, co. Hereford, Esq. formerly in parliament for Minehead, by Mary, daughter and co-heiress of John Jackson, Esq. appointed Governor-General of Bengal in 1748, whose wife was niece to John Lord Bellenden.
- ↑ See Vol. II. Part I. p. 121.
