James_Bradshaw_(MP,_born_1793)

James Bradshaw (MP, born 1793)

James Bradshaw (MP, born 1793)

British politician (1786-1847)

James Bradshaw (31 May 1793 – 4 March 1847) was a British Tory[1] and later Conservative Party[2] politician in the United Kingdom.[3] He sat as Member of Parliament (MP) for Berwick-upon-Tweed from 1835 to 1837[4] and for Canterbury from 1837 to 1847.[5]

Bradshaw was born 31 May 1793, the son of James Bradshaw and Harriet Fitzhugh.[6][7] Following his father's death, his mother Harriet became Lady Harriet Peyton when she married Sir Henry Peyton, 2nd Baronet.[8] In 1825, he married the actress Ann Maria Tree,[9] they had one daughter.[10] He died at his home in London on 4 March 1847 after a long and painful illness.[7][11]

References

  1. [1]
    Stooks Smith, Henry. (1973) [1844-1850]. Craig, F. W. S. (ed.). The Parliaments of England (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. pp. 242, 529. ISBN 0-900178-13-2.
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    Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. pp. 41, 78. ISBN 0-900178-26-4.
  3. [3]
    Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by James Bradshaw
  4. [4]
    Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 2)
  5. [5]
    Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 2)
  6. [6]
    Bradshaw, James (11 February 2018). "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975". FamilySearch. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
  7. [7]
    "Death of Mr James Bradshaw, MP for Canterbury". Morning Post. No. 22854. 5 March 1847. p. 5. Retrieved 21 June 2019 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. [8]
    "On the 7th inst was married..." The Bury and Norwich Post. No. 1099. 20 July 1803. p. 2. Retrieved 21 June 2019 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. [9]
    "Miss M. Tree and Mr. Bradshaw". Birmingham Journal. No. 13. 27 August 1825. p. 4. Retrieved 21 June 2019 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  10. [10]
    Knight, Joseph (2004). "Tree [married name Bradshaw], (Anna) Maria (1801/2–1862), actress and singer | Oxford Dictionary of National Biography". In Gilliland, J (ed.). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/3194. Retrieved 21 June 2019. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  11. [11]
    A number of sources state that Bradshaw was once the MP for Brackley, this is incorrect. The MP for Brackley was his namesake James Bradshaw (MP for Brackley).
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