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George Wilson Bridges
Reverend George Wilson Bridges (1788–1863) was a writer, photographer and Anglican cleric. After eloping with his wife, he was Rector for the Jamaican parish of St Dorothy until late 1817, and then Manchester from 1817 to 1823. He moved to become rector at the neighbouring parish of St Ann from 1823 to 1837.〔(Voodoos and obeahs: phases of West India witchcraft ), Joseph John Williams, accessed September 2009〕 He published works against William Wilberforce and another book resulted in his London publisher being found guilty of libel against Louis Celeste Lecesne and John Escoffery.〔 After his wife left him, he lost four of their daughters in a boating accident. Bridges went to Canada and returned to England to meet William Fox Talbot and take up photography. He toured around the Mediterranean taking 1,700 early pictures including Egypt, Greece, the Holy Land and Mount Etna erupting.〔 His last parish was in Gloucestershire.
==Life==
Bridges was born to the banker and merchant George and his wife Mary Bridges. His portrait was captured by John Constable because the painter admired his sister so Constable painted the whole family of eight children at ''Lawford Place''.〔(The Bridges Family ), John Constable, The Tate, retrieved 18 November 2014〕 His future was assured as the son and heir and he trained to be a cleric. He caused his first scandal however when he eloped to Gretna Green to marry. The marriage to Elizabeth Raby Brooks caused a family split and gave a poor start to the marriage.〔(Encyclopedia of nineteenth-century photography, Volume 1 ), John Hannavy, accessed September 2009〕
In 1814, Bridges made a tour of Europe and had an account of his travels published. Whilst still a member of Trinity College, Oxford, he visited France, Holland, Flanders, Germany and Switzerland.〔(Alpine sketches, comprised in a short tour through parts of Holland... ) George Wilson Bridges, 1814, accessed September 2009〕
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