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Paternal Family Tree: Bridgeman
Maternal Family Tree: Constance Mary Beckett Baroness Aberdare
On 21st July 1904 [her father] Orlando Bridgeman 5th Earl Bradford (age 30) and [her mother] Margaret Cecilia Bruce Countess Bradford (age 21) were married. He the son of [her grandfather] George Cecil Orlando Bridgeman 4th Earl Bradford (age 59) and [her grandmother] Ida Frances Annabella Lumley Countess Bradford (age 55).
On 22nd June 1907 Helen Diana Bridgeman was born to Orlando Bridgeman 5th Earl Bradford (age 33) and Margaret Cecilia Bruce Countess Bradford (age 24).
On 28th February 1922 Henry Lascelles 6th Earl Harewood (age 39) and Princess Mary Windsor Countess Harewood (age 24) were married at Westminster Abbey [Map]. His best-man was Major Victor Mackenzie 3rd Baronet (age 39). Her bridesmaids included Doris Hilda Gordon-Lennox (age 25), Mary Cambridge Duchess Beaufort (age 24), Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (age 21), Princess Maud Duff Countess Southesk (age 28), Rachel Cavendish (age 20), Helen Diana Bridgeman (age 14), Mary Beatrice Thynne Baroness Nunburnholme (age 18) and Princess May of Teck (age 16). The wedding was attending by her father and mother King George V of the United Kingdom (age 56) and Victoria Mary Teck Queen Consort England (age 54). She the daughter of King George V of the United Kingdom and Victoria Mary Teck Queen Consort England. He the son of Henry Ulrick Lascelles 5th Earl Harewood (age 75) and Florence Katharine Bridgeman Countess Harewood (age 63).
1928. Harold Speed (age 55). Portrait of Helen Diana Bridgeman (age 20).
On 10th February 1930 Robert Abdy 5th Baronet (age 33) and Helen Diana Bridgeman (age 22) were married. She the daughter of Orlando Bridgeman 5th Earl Bradford (age 56) and Margaret Cecilia Bruce Countess Bradford (age 47).
1935. Yevonde Cumbers aka Madame Yevonde (age 41). Photograph of Helen Diana Bridgeman (age 27). © National Portrait Gallery.
1935. Yevonde Cumbers aka Madame Yevonde (age 41). Photograph of Helen Diana Bridgeman (age 27). © National Portrait Gallery.
On 11th September 1937 [her son] Valentine Abdy 6th Baronet was born to [her husband] Robert Abdy 5th Baronet (age 41) and Helen Diana Bridgeman (age 30).
On 16th April 1949 [her mother] Margaret Cecilia Bruce Countess Bradford (age 66) died.
On 21st March 1957 [her father] Orlando Bridgeman 5th Earl Bradford (age 83) died. His son [her brother] Gerald (age 45) succeeded 6th Earl Bradford, 6th Viscount Newport of Shropshire, 7th Baron Bradford in Shropshire, 11th Baronet Bridgeman of Great Lever in Lancashire. Mary Willoughby Montgomery Countess Bradford by marriage Countess Bradford.
On 7th May 1967 Helen Diana Bridgeman (age 59) died.
On 17th November 1976 [her former husband] Robert Abdy 5th Baronet (age 80) died. His son [her son] Valentine (age 39) succeeded 6th Baronet Abdy of Albyns in Essex.
Kings Wessex: Great x 25 Grand Daughter of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 22 Grand Daughter of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 28 Grand Daughter of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 23 Grand Daughter of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great x 12 Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Kings Scotland: Great x 24 Grand Daughter of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 22 Grand Daughter of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 15 Grand Daughter of Charles "Beloved Mad" VI King France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 29 Grand Daughter of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Bridgeman 1st Baron Bradford 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Orlando Bridgeman 1st Earl Bradford 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Simpson Baroness Bradford
Great x 2 Grandfather: George Bridgeman 2nd Earl Bradford 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: George Byng 4th Viscount Torrington
Great x 3 Grandmother: Lucy Elizabeth Byng Countess Bradford 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Lucy Boyle Viscountess Torrington 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 1 Grandfather: Orlando Bridgeman 3rd Earl Bradford 12 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Moncrieffe 4th Baronet
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Moncrieffe 5th Baronet
Great x 2 Grandmother: Georgina Elizabeth Moncrieffe Countess Bradford
GrandFather: George Cecil Orlando Bridgeman 4th Earl Bradford 10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Forester 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Cecil Forester 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Cecil Weld-Forester 1st Baron Forester 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Selina Weld-Forester Countess Bradford 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Manners Marquess of Granby 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Charles Manners 4th Duke Rutland 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Frances Seymour 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 2 Grandmother: Katherine Mary Manners Baroness Forester 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles Noel Somerset 4th Duke Beaufort 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry IV of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Isabella Somerset Duchess Rutland 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry IV of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Berekeley Duchess Beaufort 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Father: Orlando Bridgeman 5th Earl Bradford 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Lumley-Saunderson 4th Earl Scarborough 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward IV of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Frederick Lumley-Savile 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward IV of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Barbara Savile Countess Scarborough 14 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Frederick Lumley-Savile 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward IV of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Richard Lumley 9th Earl Scarborough 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward IV of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Beresford 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Reverend George de la Poer Beresford 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Constantia Ligondes
Great x 2 Grandmother: Charlotte Mary Beresford 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
GrandMother: Ida Frances Annabella Lumley Countess Bradford 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward IV of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Andrew Robert Drummond
Great x 1 Grandmother: Adeliza Drummond Countess Scarborough 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles Manners 4th Duke Rutland 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Henry Manners 5th Duke Rutland 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Isabella Somerset Duchess Rutland 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry IV of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Frederica Manners 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Frederick Howard 5th Earl Carlisle 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Howard Duchess Rutland 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Caroline Leveson-Gower Countess Carlisle 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Helen Diana Bridgeman 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Knight
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Knight aka Bruce aka Bruce-Pryce
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Bruce
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Bruce
Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry Bruce 1st Baron Aberdare
GrandFather: Henry Bruce 2nd Baron Aberdare
Mother: Margaret Cecilia Bruce Countess Bradford
Great x 1 Grandfather: Hamilton Beckett
GrandMother: Constance Mary Beckett Baroness Aberdare