Lady Lucy Whitmore (, Bridgeman; 22 January 1792 – 17 March 1840) was an English noblewoman and a

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writer.

Biography

Lucy Elizabeth Georgiana Bridgeman was born on 22 January 1792. She was the only daughter of

Orlando Bridgeman, 1st Earl of Bradford Orlando Bridgeman, 1st Earl of Bradford (19 March 1762 – 7 September 1825) was a British peer and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1784 to 1800. Early life Bridgeman was the son of the Henry Bridgeman, 1st Baron Bradford, 1st ...

. Her mother was Lucy Elizabeth Byng (1760–1844), the eldest daughter of

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. She had four siblings, all brothers, namely:

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; Vice-Admiral the Hon.

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; Hon. Orlando Henry Bridgeman; and Reverend Hon. Henry Edmund Bridgeman. Dudmaston Hall - geograph

On 29 January 1810, she married

William Wolryche-Whitmore William Wolryche-Whitmore (16 September 1787 – 11 August 1858), also known as W. W. Whitmore, was a Shropshire landowner and British Whigs (British political party), Whig politician. He held a seat in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom ...

, of

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. She published, ''Family prayers for every day in the week : selected from various portions of the Holy Bible with references. To which are added, a few prayers for persons in private ; and fourteen original hymns'' in 1824, containing the

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to fourteen original hymns with a second edition in 1827. Number eight of these hymns was "Father, again in Jesus' name we meet", and it passed into many collections. Suitable for

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, this hymn appeared to be the only one known or used towards the end of the 19th-century. Whitmore was a friend of Lady Louisa Cadogan. Lady Lucy Whitmore died on 17 March 1840 and was buried at

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"Father, again in Jesus' name we meet"

Selected works

* ''Family prayers for every day in the week : selected from various portions of the Holy Bible with references. To which are added, a few prayers for persons in private ; and fourteen original hymns'', 1824 * ''Sunday reading for very little boys and girls'', 1832 * ''Morning and evening prayers'', 1869

References

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External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Whitmore, Lucy 1792 births 1840 deaths

Lucy Lucy is an English language, English feminine given name derived from the Latin masculine given name Lucius with the meaning ''as of light'' (''born at dawn or daylight'', maybe also ''shiny'', or ''of light complexion''). Alternative spellings ar ...

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