John Bradbury, 3rd Baron Bradbury
The Lord Bradbury | |
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| Member of the House of Lords | |
| Hereditary peerage 1994 – 11 November 1999 | |
| Preceded by | The 2nd Baron Bradbury |
| Succeeded by | Seat abolished by the House of Lords Act 1999 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | John Bradbury 17 March 1940 |
| Died | 8 August 2023 (aged 83) |
| Spouse |
Susan Liddiard (m. 1968) |
| Children | 2 |
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
[edit]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
[edit]The majority of Bradbury’s career in marketing communications was spent at US advertising giant McCann-Erickson Worldwide, where he oversaw global client relationships including Unilever, Nestle, Bacardi-Martini and Reckitt & Benckiser, eventually joining the board in New York. He retired in 2000 but served as Chairman of the board of governors at Perrott Hill preparatory school in Dorset for over a decade.
In 1994, he succeeded his father John Bradbury, 2nd Baron Bradbury (1914–1994), in the House of Lords.[1]
Personal life
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Bradbury married Susan Liddiard in 1968, and they have two sons.
John Bradbury died on 8 August 2023, at the age of 83.[3] Their elder son, John Timothy Bradbury, born 1973, succeeded to the peerage.[4]
As of 2023, the family seat was the Manor House, Wootton Fitzpaine, Dorset.
Arms
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References
[edit]- ^ a b c Burke's Peerage, vol. 1 (2003), p. 48.
- ^ Who's Who 2003 (A. & C. Black, London, 2003), p. 241.
- ^ Bradbury
- ^ Peter W. Hammond, ed., The Complete Peerage, Volume XIV (Stroud: Sutton Publishing, 1998), p. 698.
- ^ Burke's Peerage. 1999.
- Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage, 1990 edition, ed. Charles Kidd and David Williamson (St Martin's Press, New York, 1990)
