There have been two Baronetcies created for persons with the surname Bradford, both in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom.

The Bradford Baronetcy, of South Audley Street in the City of Westminster in the County of London, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 24 July 1902 for Edward Bradford. He was a Colonel

Colonel

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 in the Army and served as Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis

Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis

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 from 1890 to 1903. He was succeeded by his second but eldest surviving son, the second Baronet. He was a Colonel in the Seaforth Highlanders

Seaforth Highlanders

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 and fought in the First World War, where he was killed in action

Killed in action

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 in September 1914. The baronetcy descended in the direct line until the early death of his grandson, the fourth Baronet, in 1954. The late Baronet was succeeded by his half-brother, the fifth and (as of 2007) present holder of the title. However, he does not use his title.

The Bradford Baronetcy, of Mawddwy in the County of Merioneth, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 26 January 1931 for the prominent physician and physiologist John Bradford. The title became extinct on his death in 1935.

Bradford Baronets, of South Audley Street (1902)

• Sir Edward Ridley Colborne Bradford, 1st Baronet (1836–1911)
• Sir Evelyn Ridley Bradford, 2nd Baronet
  Sir Evelyn Bradford, 2nd Baronet
  Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Evelyn Ridley Bradford, 2nd Baronet was a British Army officer and English cricketer.-Military career:...
  
   (1869–1914)
• Sir Edward Montagu Andrew Bradford, 3rd Baronet (1910–1952)
• Sir John Ridley Evelyn Bradford, 4th Baronet (1941–1954)
• (Sir) Edward Alexander Slade Bradford, 5th Baronet (b. 1952)

Bradford Baronets, of Mawddwy (1931)

• Sir John Rose Bradford, 1st Baronet
  John Bradford, 1st Baronet
  Sir John Rose Bradford, 1st Baronet Bradford, KCMG, CB, CBE, FRS, FRCP was a British physician.- Early life :John Rose Bradford was born in London, the son of Abraham Rose and Ellen Bradford. His father was a Deputy Inspector-General of Hospitals in the Royal Navy...
  
  (1863–1935)

External links

• Short biography of Sir John Bradford, 1st Baronet