Earl of Bradford is a title that has been created twice, once in the Peerage of England and once in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was first created in 1694 for Francis Newport, 2nd Baron Newport. However, all the Newport titles became extinct on the death of the fourth Earl in 1762. The earldom was revived in 1815 for Orlando Bridgeman, 2nd Baron Bradford. The Bridgeman family had previously succeeded to the Newport estates. The title of the peerage refers to the ancient hundred of Bradford in Shropshire, and not, as might be assumed, to the city of Bradford, Yorkshire, or the town of Bradford-on-Avon in Wiltshire.
George Bridgeman, 2nd Earl of Bradford, by Sir George Hayter
John Bridgeman, 2nd Baronet, by Johann Closterman
Funeral monument in St Michael the Archangel, Llanyblodwel, to John Bridgeman, 3rd Baronet by John Michael Rysbrack
Weston Park is a country house in Weston-under-Lizard, Staffordshire, England, set in more than 1,000 acres (400 ha) of park landscaped by Capability Brown. The park is located 10 miles (16 km) north-west of Wolverhampton, and 8 miles (13 km) east of Telford, close to the border with Shropshire. The 17th-century Hall is a Grade I listed building and several other features of the estate, such as the Orangery and the Stable block, are separately listed as Grade II.
The South (garden) frontage
The Roman Bridge
Lady Elizabeth Wilbraham, the possible architect of Weston, by Sir Peter Lely, one of the portraits in the collection
Mary Wilbraham by John Michael Wright
