Thomas Bradford

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Sir Thomas Bradford

Sir Thomas Bradford
Born 1777
Died 1853
Allegiance United Kingdom United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
Rank Lieutenant-General
Commands held Scotland
Bombay Army
Awards Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Guelphic Order

Lieutenant-general Sir Thomas Bradford GCB GCH (1777-1853) was a British Army officer.

Military career

Bradford was commissioned as an ensign in the 4th (The King's Own) Regiment of Foot in October 1793 without purchase[1][2] He took part in the suppression of the Irish Rebellion of 1798, the Buenos Aires Expedition of 1806 as well as the battle of Vimeiro in 1808, battle of Corunna in 1809 and battle of Salamanca in 1812 during the Peninsular War.[1] He commanded a Portuguese division at the Battle of Vitoria, the Battle of San Sebastian and the Battle of the Nive, all in 1813.[1] For his service in the Peninsular he was awarded the Gold Medal with one clasp.[2]

He became General Officer Commanding the 7th Division of the Army of Occupation in France in 1815, Commander-in-Chief, Scotland in 1819 and Commander-in-Chief of the Bombay Army in 1826.[1]

He was also was Colonel of the 30th Regiment of Foot and Colonel of the 94th Regiment of Foot.[3]

Family

He married Mary, the daughter of James Atkinson of Newcastle and his eldest son, James Henry Hollis Bradford, later changed his surname to Atkinson in compliance with the will of one Ralph Atkinson.[4] His brother, Lieutenant-colonel Sir Henry Hollis Bradford, was also a distinguished soldier wounded at Waterloo.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 National Army Museuem
  2. 1 2 "West Riding Militia". Doncaster Gazette. 29 April 1870. Retrieved 29 October 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive. (subscription required (help)).
  3. ↑ Gilbert Shepperd, The Connaught Rangers, p. 23
  4. ↑ The Gentleman's Magazine. W. Pickering. 1840. p. 425.
  5. ↑ Dalton 1904, p. 35 & 97.

Sources

Military offices
Preceded by
Sir John Hope		 Commander-in-Chief, Scotland
1819–1825 		Succeeded by
Sir Robert O'Callaghan
Preceded by
Sir Charles Colville		 C-in-C, Bombay Army
1826–1829 		Succeeded by
Sir Thomas Beckwith
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