John Bradbury, 3rd Baron Bradbury
The Right Honourable The Lord Bradbury | |
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Member of the House of Lords | |
Lord Temporal | |
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 (1940-03-17)17 March 1940 |
Died | 8 August 2023(2023-08-08) (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
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
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
- Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage, 1990 edition, ed. Charles Kidd and David Williamson (St Martin's Press, New York, 1990)
Peerage of the United Kingdom | ||
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Preceded by | Baron Bradbury 1994–2023 Member of the House of Lords (1994–1999) | Succeeded by John Bradbury |