Caroline Beatrix Bridgeman, Viscountess Bridgeman, DBE, JP (née Parker; 30 June 1873 – 26 December 1961) was an English aristocrat, political activist, and churchwoman.

Life

She was born to Hon. Cecil Thomas Parker, son of the 6th Earl of Macclesfield, and Rosamond Esther Harriet Longley, daughter of Archbishop of Canterbury Charles Thomas Longley. She married the 1st Viscount Bridgeman (1864-1935) on 30 April 1895 in Eccleston, Chester, England. She was involved in politics, working with the Tariff Reform League Women's Association and becoming the first chairwoman of the National Union of Conservative and Unionist Organisations. She was appointed a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in 1924, after which she was also known as Dame Caroline Bridgeman. When her husband became the first Viscount Bridgeman on June 18, 1929, she was styled as Viscountess Bridgeman. Bridgeman held the office Justice of Peace (JP) and was a governor of the BBC between 1935 and 1939. She was also Vice-Chairman of the House of Laity, Church Assembly. She died on 26 December 1961 of undisclosed causes, aged 88.

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