William Bridgeman ( fl 1679 )

Birth: Amsterdam, Netherlands Profession: Civil servant Education: Queen's College, Oxford (matriculated 1662) Career: Under-Secretary of State (1667-1681, 1683-1689, 1690-1692, 163-1694); Commissioner for Assessment for Westminster (1679-1680), 1689-1690); Commissioner for Superstitious Uses (1690); MP for Bramber, Sussex (1685-1687); Clerk of the Privy Council (1685-1689, 1693-death); Registrar of the Ecclesiastical Commission (1687-1688); Deputy-Lieutenant of Middlesex (1692-death); Member of the Royal Fisheries, Ireland (1692); Secretary to the Admiralty (1694-1698); Chairman of the Charitable Adventure (a lottery for the benefit of Greenwich Hospital) (1699) Memberships: Clothworkers' Company Membership: Fellow Election Date: 18/12/1679 Council: 1698.