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

Worcester Worcester may refer to: Places United Kingdom * Worcester, England, a city and the county town of Worcestershire in England ** Worcester (UK Parliament constituency), an area represented by a Member of Parliament * Worcester Park, London, Englan ...

and

Worcestershire Worcestershire ( , ; written abbreviation: Worcs) is a county in the West Midlands of England. The area that is now Worcestershire was absorbed into the unified Kingdom of England in 927, at which time it was constituted as a county (see His ...

. Nanfan was the son of

John Nanfan John Nanfan (1634–1716) was a Lieutenant Governor of the Province of New York from 1698 to 1702. He served as acting governor for about a year between the death of the Earl of Bellomont and the arrival of Bellomont's successor, Lord Cornbury. ...

Birtsmorton, Worcestershire Birtsmorton is a village and civil parish in the Malvern Hills of Worcestershire, England, which at the 2021 census had a population of 257. It is in the south-west of the county, not far from the borders with Herefordshire and Gloucestershire. ...

and his wife Mary, daughter of Edward Fleet alias Waldegrave of Worcester. Bridges matriculated at

Balliol College, Oxford Balliol College () is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. One of Oxford's oldest colleges, it was founded around 1263 by John I de Balliol, a landowner from Barnard Castle in County Durham, who provided the f ...

in 1640, and became a student of the

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in 1648. He served as a Commissioner for Assessment in Worcestershire 1664–80 and 1689, and a JP from 1678. Bridges and Thomas Foley were elected unopposed for Worcestershire in

1681 Events January–March * January 1 – Prince Muhammad Akbar, son of the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb, initiates a civil war in India. With the support of troops from the Rajput states, Akbar declares himself the new Mughal Emperor ...

. With court support, Bridges was elected MP for Worcester in

1685 Events January–March * January 6 – American-born British citizen Elihu Yale, for whom Yale University in the U.S. is named, completes his term as the first leader of the Madras Presidency in India, administering the colony ...

. The electoral agents of

King James II James VII and II (14 October 1633 16 September 1701) was King of England and King of Ireland as James II, and King of Scotland as James VII from the death of his elder brother, Charles II, on 6 February 1685. He was deposed in the Glorious Re ...

recommended him for re-election, as a court candidate of "good character and interest". When Bridges' son-in-law Lord Coote joined the

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in the

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, Nanfan disclaimed responsibility, claiming that his daughter's marriage had been made without his consent. He died on 4 June 1704, and was buried at Birtsmorton.

Family

On 15 November 1660, Nanfan married Catherine Hastings, daughter of Sir George Hastings . They had one daughter: * Catherine Nanfan (1665–1738), married (1)

Richard Coote, 1st Earl of Bellomont Richard Coote, 1st Earl of Bellomont (sometimes spelled Bellamont, 1636 – 5 March 1700/01In the Julian calendar, then in use in England, the year began on 25 March. To avoid confusion with dates in the Gregorian calendar, then in us ...

, (2) Admiral William Caldwell, (3)

Samuel Pytts Samuel Pytts ( – 15 January 1729) was an English politician, MP for Hereford and Worcestershire. Pytts was the son of James Pytts of Wick, Worcestershire and his wife Catherine Cliffe of Malvern. He matriculated at New College, Oxford in 1689, ...

, (4) William Bridgen

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Nanfan, Bridges 1623 births 1704 deaths Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford Members of the Inner Temple English MPs 1681 English MPs 1685–1687 English justices of the peace Members of the Parliament of England for Worcestershire