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Sir Thomas Bradford

Thomas was born in 1776 and was baptised on 30-May-1776 in Doncaster Yorkshire.¹

Birth Notes
- age given as 59 in 1841 census

Thomas' father was Thomas Bradford and his mother was Elizabeth Otter. He was the third of five children. He had three brothers and a sister, named Henry, William, Thomas and Elizabeth. He died, at the age of 77, in 1853.

Death Notes
- Obituary in Illustrated London News December 3rd 1853

General Notes
- The Journal of Sir Walter Scott from the Original Manuscript at Abbotsford
  June, 1830
  June 11.—In the morning, the usual labour of two hours. God bless that habit of being up at seven! I could do nothing without it, but it keeps me up to the scratch, as they say. I had a letter this morning with deep mourning paper and seal; the mention of my nephew in the first line made me sick, fearing it had related to Walter. It was from poor Sir Thomas Bradford, who has lost his lady, but was indeed an account of Walter, [370] and a good one.
  
  [370] "Little Walter," Thomas Scott's son, who went to India in 1826, ante, vol. i. p. 103. He became a General in the Indian Army, and died in 1873
  
  1841 census living Upper Harley street
  In 1844 he enlarged Hartwell in Hartfield Sussex. He is listed there in the 1851 Post Office Directory

Occupation Details

From 18-Dec-1823 Thomas' occupation was Colonel of the 94th Regiment of Foot..

Occupation Notes
- THE CONNAUGHT JOURNAL
  Galway, Thursday, December 18, 1823
  Major-Gen. Sir T. Bradford, K.C.B. has been appointed Colonel of the 94th (now raising), Regiment of Foot.
  
  At Waterloo in chage of 6th Brigade in the 2nd Division, comprising
  6th Foot, 1st Battalion
  29th Foot
  71st Foot, 1st Battalion
  94th Regiment of Foot 1823.12.01 to 1829.04.18
  C-in-C Bombay 1825-29
  30th (Cambridgeshire) Regiment of Foot 1829.04.18 to 1846.02.07
  The King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster) 1846.02.07 to 1853.12.26

Thomas' first family with Mary Ann

They had two sons and two daughters, named James, Ralph, Frederica and Barbara.

James Henry Hollis Atkinson

James was born in 1819 in London.²

Birth Notes
- age 32 1851

Death Notes
- died between 1871 and 1881 census

Capt Ralph Bradford

Ralph was born in 1824 in Edinburgh.³

Birth Notes
- age 47 1871

He died, at the age of 64, on 13-Jun-1888 in Grosvenor Hotel, London.

Death Notes
- Deaths Jun 1888
  ATKINSON Ralph 63 St. Geo. H. Sq. 1a 297
  Obituaries from "The Monthly Chronicle of North-Country Lore and Legend" July
  1888
  Colonel Ralph Bradford ATKINSON, of Angerton, died on the 13th of June, at
  the Grosvenor Hotel, London. The deceased gentleman was son of the late Sir
  Thos. Bradford, who married the niece of the late Mr. Ralph Atkinson, a
  timber merchant, of Newcastle.

Frederica Bradford

Frederica was born in 1824 in Scotland.⁴

Birth Notes
- age 17 1841

Barbara Bradford

Barbara was born in 1825 in Edinburgh.²

Birth Notes
- age 18 1841 census
  age 26 1851

Thomas' second family with Anne Elizabeth Hill

Thomas and Anne were married in a religious ceremony on 13-Jul-1840 in Hove by reverend Walter Kelly.⁵

Marriage Notes
- On Monday, the 13th inst, at Hove church, by the Rev. Walter Kelly,
  Lieutennant-General Sir Thomas Bradford, G. C. B.. to Anne Elizabeth,
  widow of the late B. Goad, Esq., of Harley-street.

They had no children.

¹ IGI
² 1851 census
³ 1871 census
⁴ 1841 census
⁵ The Times Jul 15 1840