John Bradbury, 3rd Baron Bradbury (17 March 1940 – 8 August 2023) was a

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, the third

Baron Bradbury Baron Bradbury, of Winsford in the County of Chester, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 28 January 1925 for the economist and public servant Sir John Bradbury. He was Joint Permanent Secretary to the Treasury fr ...

. He was a member of the

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from 1994 to 1999.

Early life

The grandson of

John Bradbury, 1st Baron Bradbury John Swanwick Bradbury, 1st Baron Bradbury (23 September 1872 – 3 May 1950) was a British economist and public servant. Bradbury was born in Crook Lane, Winsford, Cheshire, the son of John Bradbury and Sarah Cross. He was educated at Manche ...

, Permanent Secretary to

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, he was educated at Gresham's School, Holt, and the

University of Bristol , mottoeng = earningpromotes one's innate power (from Horace, ''Ode 4.4'') , established = 1595 – Merchant Venturers School1876 – University College, Bristol1909 – received royal charter , type ...

.''

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'', vol. 1 (2003), p. 48. 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

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.

Personal life

Bradbury married Susan Liddiard in 1968, and they have two sons. John Bradbury died on 8 August 2023, at the age of 83. Their elder son, John Timothy Bradbury, born 1973, succeeded to the peerage.Peter W. Hammond, ed., ''

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'', Volume XIV (Stroud: Sutton Publishing, 1998), p. 698. As of 2023, the family seat was the Manor House, Wootton Fitzpaine,

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Arms

References

* ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'', 1990 edition, ed. Charles Kidd and David Williamson (St Martin's Press, New York, 1990) {{DEFAULTSORT:Bradbury, John, 3rd Baron 1940 births 2023 deaths People educated at Gresham's School Alumni of the University of Bristol 3 People from Winsford Bradbury British twins