The Hon Geoffrey John Orlando Bridgeman, the second son of the first Viscount Bridgeman, was born on 3 July 1898 at 39 Harley Street, London. He was educated at Eton and Trinity College Cambridge, and served in the Royal Field Artillery during the first world war, and was awarded the MC in 1918. He qualified in medicine from St George's Hospital in 1926, took the MB BCh two years later, and became FRCS in 1933. After working as chief clinical assistant at Moorfields and ophthalmic surgeon to the East Ham Memorial Hospital he was appointed ophthalmic surgeon to St George's and to the Western Ophthalmic Hospital. During the second world war he served as a Brigadier in the RAMC as consulting ophthalmologist India Command. He served his teaching hospital, St George's, most loyally and devotedly, as he also did the Western Ophthalmic Hospital. At Moorfields he worked in Frank Juler's clinic and was deeply grateful to him, and under the stimulation of Keith Lyle he developed a lively interest in orthoptic work. In middle and later life he was increasingly handicapped by deafness, so that in recent years he was seldom seen at congresses. In his retirement he was a keen gardener, but some years before he died determined efforts to clear some rough ground put him out of action for many weeks. He was a devoted husband and father, a loyal and respected colleague, and a modest man who never tired of trying to help other people. Geoffrey Bridgeman made many lasting friendships at Eton and took a prominent part in games. At Trinity College he was awarded a classical exhibition. When he entered Trinity he decided to read medicine and for a time had strong leanings towards medical missionary work. Throughout his life he was a deeply religious man and in 1919 he married Mary Talbot, a staunch churchwoman. They had one son and two daughters. He died on 15 October 1974 at the age of 76.