Anthony Bridgerton

Mother: Violet Bridgerton siblings: Benedict cod Daphne Eloise Francesca Gregory hyacinth

On the day of the start of the 1813 social season, Anthony arrived late as he'd been away having a clandestine rendezvous with his mistress, Siena Rosso. He finally joined the family as they arrived to present Daphne in front of Queen Charlotte.

Anthony had to wait for the Danbury ball to chaperone his sister. When Daphne tried to socialize with the men in attendance, Anthony pointed out the flaws in each one, scaring them off her. When Daphne ran into Simon Basset while avoiding Nigel Berbrooke, Anthony introduced them, as he knew Simon from Oxford. He then forced Daphne to leave the event early. The next day, Anthony came over to meet Daphne's callers with her, further scaring them off. Daphne feared she was ruined by Lady Whistledown's declaration that Marina Thompson, not Daphne, was the season's Incomparable, and confronted Anthony about ruining her prospects. Anthony said Daphne could still find a good match because she was a Bridgerton, but Daphne said she wished she wasn't.

Anthony socialized at the club with Simon, who was adamant that he did not want to marry and never would. When he realized that his mother and Lady Danbury had done some matchmaking between Simon and Daphne, he informed his mother that Simon would never marry and was therefore a bad match. His mother in turn confronted him about his affair with Siena, forcing him to end things with her. He then informed Daphne that, over her objections, she was to marry Nigel Berbrooke.[4]

Anthony, the firstborn son and child of Viscount Edmund Bridgerton and his wife Violet, grew up the heir to his father. Seven more siblings followed after him.

In 1803, he watched his father get stung by a bee and die seconds afterward. He also watched his pregnant mother fall to pieces as a result. Upon his father's death, Anthony became the new Viscount. When his mother went into labor, the doctors pressured him to choose for them to save either Violet or the baby. Even after both mother and child survived the birth, Anthony watched his mother despair over losing her husband.[3]

He attended Oxford where he met and befriended Simon Basset and Thomas Dorset

Anthony Bridgerton is the eldest Bridgerton son and the current Viscount Bridgerton. Upon the death of his father Edmund, he became the 9th Viscount Bridgerton and the head of the family.