SIMPSON, Hon. John (1763-1850), of Babworth Hall, Notts.

b. 13 May 1763, 4th but 2nd surv. s. of Sir Henry Bridgeman, 5th Bt., and brother of Orlando Bridgeman. m. (1) 23 June 1784,Gent. Mag. (1784), i. 475; Collins’s Peerage has 3 June. Henrietta Frances (d. 2 Aug. 1791), da. of Sir Thomas Worsley, 6th Bt., of Appuldurcombe, I.o.W., 1s. d.v.p., 1da. surv.; (2) 27 Nov. 1793, Grace, da. of Samuel Estwick I, 7s. 6da. suc. uncle Lindley Simpson of Babworth and took name of Simpson May 1785; cos. Charlotte, da. and h. of Joseph Addison to Bilton, Warws. estate 1797.