The Right Honourable
The Lord Bradbury
Member of the House of Lords
Hereditary peerage
1994 – 11 November 1999
Preceded byThe 2nd Baron Bradbury
Succeeded bySeat abolished by the House of Lords Act 1999
Personal details
Born
John Bradbury

(1940-03-17)17 March 1940
Died8 August 2023(2023-08-08) (aged 83)
Spouse
Susan Liddiard
​
(m. 1968)​
Children2

John Bradbury, 3rd Baron Bradbury (17 March 1940 – 8 August 2023) was a British peer, the third Baron Bradbury. He was a member of the House of Lords from 1994 to 1999.

Early life

The grandson of John Bradbury, 1st Baron Bradbury, Permanent Secretary to HM Treasury, he was educated at Gresham's School, Holt, and the University of Bristol.[1][2] He had a twin sister, the Hon. Elizabeth Joan Hansen (married to Warren Gustin Hansen), and a younger half-sister, the Hon. Anne Bradbury (married to Alastair James Ker-Lindsay).

Career

Bradbury was a director of companies in the worlds of insurance and education.[3]

In 1994, he succeeded his father John Bradbury, 2nd Baron Bradbury (1914–1994), in the House of Lords.[1]

Personal life

The Manor House, Wootton Fitzpaine

Bradbury married Susan Liddiard in 1968, and they have two sons.

John Bradbury died on 8 August 2023, at the age of 83.[4] Their elder son, John Timothy Bradbury, born 1973, succeeded to the peerage.[5]

As of 2023, the family seat was the Manor House, Wootton Fitzpaine, Dorset.

Arms

Coat of arms of John Bradbury, 3rd Baron Bradbury
Crest
In front of two ostrich feathers in saltire Argent a boar’s head erect Proper.
Escutcheon
Sable a chevron Ermine between in chief two buckles and in base a fleur-de-lis Argent[1]
Supporters
Dexter a raven Proper sinister a dove Proper.
Motto
Justitia Aequitas Fides (Justice, Equity and Good Faith)[6]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Burke's Peerage, vol. 1 (2003), p. 48.
  2. ↑ Who's Who 2003 (A. & C. Black, London, 2003), p. 241.
  3. ↑ "John Bradbury", company-information.service.gov.uk, accessed 26 March 2023.
  4. ↑ Bradbury
  5. ↑ Peter W. Hammond, ed., The Complete Peerage, Volume XIV (Stroud: Sutton Publishing, 1998), p. 698.
  6. ↑ Burke's Peerage. 1999.
  • Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage, 1990 edition, ed. Charles Kidd and David Williamson (St Martin's Press, New York, 1990)
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