See also

Family of Leslie Ripley Bradley and Jessie Edith Grant

  • Husband:

  • Leslie Ripley Bradley (1892-1968)

  • Wife:

  • Jessie Edith Grant (1898-1991)

  • Marriage:

  • 1921

  • Barnet, Middlesex

Husband: Leslie Ripley Bradley

  • Name:

  • Leslie Ripley Bradley

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • William Charles Bradley (1852-1911)

  • Mother:

  • Lucy Mary Ripley (1855-1911)

  • Note 1:

  • Leanne Green, the first of the CDA student speakers, gave us an insight into one such story. Leslie Bradley, the second Director-General of the Imperial War Museum, is an underexplored figure and Leanne’s account of Bradley’s First World War publicity collection – literally thousands of advertisements from newspapers and magazines of the time – revealed Bradley to have been an innovator whose collecting obsession has provided historians with an invaluable source.

    Source: http://blogs.iwm.org.uk/research/2012/05/illuminating-our-history/

  • Note 2:

  • BRADLEY Leslie Ripley of 84 Ashurst Road Cockfosters Barnet Herts died 26 January 1968. Probate Exeter 14 March. £19056.

  • Birth:

  • 22 Oct 1892

  • Islington, Middlesex

  • Birth fact:

  • 1892 (age 0)

  • GRO Reference: 1892 D Quarter in ISLINGTON Volume 01B Page 213

  • Census (1):

  • 1901 (age 8-9)

  • Living with parents

  • Census (2):

  • 1911 (age 18-19)

  • Student, living with sister Lucy, 51 Dartmouth Park Hill, St Pancras

  • Occupation (1):

  • btw 1938 and 1960 (age 45-68)

  • Director, Imperial War Museum

  • Occupation (2):

  • 1939 (age 46-47)

  • Director General, Imperial War Museum, 147 Sussex Way, Southgate, Middlesex

  • Death:

  • 26 Jan 1968 (age 75)

  • Barnet, Middlesex

Wife: Jessie Edith Grant

  • Name:

  • Jessie Edith Grant

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • William Charles Grant (1867-1945)

  • Mother:

  • Agnes Harriett Ward (1869-1941)

  • Note:

  • BRADLEY, Jessie Edith of Whitefriars Nursing Home 9 Dormens Wells Lane Southall Middlesex died 2 September 1991. Probate Winchester 18 November. Not exceeding £125000.

  • Birth:

  • 13 Jul 1898

  • Wood Green, Middlesex

  • Birth fact:

  • 1898 (age 0)

  • GRO Reference: 1898 S Quarter in EDMONTON Volume 03A Page 427

  • Census (1):

  • 1901 (age 2-3)

  • Living with parents

  • Census (2):

  • 1911 (age 12-13)

  • Living with parents

  • Death fact:

  • 1991 (age 92-93)

  • GRO Reference: DOR Q3/1991 in EALING (2261C) Volume 12 Page 228 Entry Number 228

  • Death:

  • 2 Sep 1991 (age 93)

  • Whitefriars Nursing Home, 9 Dormens Wells Lane, Southall Middlesex

Note on Husband: Leslie Ripley Bradley (1)

Leanne Green, the first of the CDA student speakers, gave us an insight into one such story. Leslie Bradley, the second Director-General of the Imperial War Museum, is an underexplored figure and Leanne’s account of Bradley’s First World War publicity collection – literally thousands of advertisements from newspapers and magazines of the time – revealed Bradley to have been an innovator whose collecting obsession has provided historians with an invaluable source.

Source: http://blogs.iwm.org.uk/research/2012/05/illuminating-our-history/

Note on Husband: Leslie Ripley Bradley (2)

BRADLEY Leslie Ripley of 84 Ashurst Road Cockfosters Barnet Herts died 26 January 1968. Probate Exeter 14 March. £19056.

Note on Wife: Jessie Edith Grant

BRADLEY, Jessie Edith of Whitefriars Nursing Home 9 Dormens Wells Lane Southall Middlesex died 2 September 1991. Probate Winchester 18 November. Not exceeding £125000.