John Bradbury, 3rd Baron Bradbury, born 1940, of Winsford in the County of Chester, is a British peer

Peerage of the United Kingdom

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, the third holder of the title Baron Bradbury

Baron Bradbury

Baron Bradbury, of Winsford in the County of Chester, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1925 for the economist and public servant Sir John Bradbury. He was Joint Permanent Secretary to the Treasury from 1913 to 1919 and considered to be the British government's...

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Background and education

The grandson of John Swanwick Bradbury, 1st Baron Bradbury

John Swanwick Bradbury, 1st Baron Bradbury

John Swanwick Bradbury, 1st Baron Bradbury GCB 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 Manchester Grammar School and Brasenose College, Oxford, and joined the Civil Service in 1896...

, Permanent Secretary

Permanent Secretary

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 to HM Treasury

HM Treasury

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, he was educated at Gresham's School

Gresham's School

Gresham’s School is an independent coeducational boarding school in Holt in North Norfolk, England, a member of the HMC.The school was founded in 1555 by Sir John Gresham as a free grammar school for forty boys, following King Henry VIII's dissolution of the Augustinian priory at Beeston Regis...

, Holt

Holt, Norfolk

Holt is a market town and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The town is north of the city of Norwich, west of Cromer and east of King's Lynn. The town is on the route of the A148 King's Lynn to Cromer road. The nearest railway station is in the town of Sheringham where access to the...

, and the University of Bristol

University of Bristol

The University of Bristol is a public research university located in Bristol, United Kingdom. One of the so-called "red brick" universities, it received its Royal Charter in 1909, although its predecessor institution, University College, Bristol, had been in existence since 1876.The University is...

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Family

The present Lord Bradbury succeeded his father John Bradbury, 2nd Baron Bradbury (1914-1994), in 1994. He married Susan Liddiard in 1968, and they have two sons. The elder son, John Timothy Bradbury, born 16 January 1973, is heir

Heir apparent

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to the title.