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Wednesday, August 16, 2023

The 3rd Baron Bradbury 1940-2023

Lord Bradbury, the 3rd Baron, died 8 August, 2023. He was 83.

John Bradbury was born 17 March, 1940, son of the 3rd Baron Bradbury (1914-1994), and his 1st wife the former Joan Knight (1916-1988). The peerage was created in 1925 for his grandfather, John Swanwick Bradbury (1872-1950), the economist who was the government's chief economic adviser in the First World War.

John Bradbury succeeded to the peerage on his father's death, 31 March, 1994. He married 28 September, 1968, Susan Liddiard (born 1942), daughter of William Liddiard (1897-1968), and his wife the former Florence Edith Pither (1908-67); by whom he had two sons, the Hon John Timothy Bradbury (born 16 January, 1973), and the Hon Benjamin Edward Bradbury (born 14 March, 1975). The elder son inherits the barony.

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