See also

Family of William Charles Bradley and Lucy Mary Ripley

Husband: William Charles Bradley

  • Name:

  • William Charles Bradley

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Note:

  • BRADLEY William Charles of Lewisham House 51 Dartmouth Park Hill St Pancras Middlesex widow died 10 January 1911 at St Andrews Hospital Northampton. Administration (with Will limited) London 17 May to Hilda Mary Arnold Hopper (wife of George Arnold Hopper). Effects £293 5s. 6d.

  • Birth:

  • 1852

  • St Pancras, Middlesex

  • Birth fact:

  • 1852 (age 0)

  • GRO Reference: 1852 D Quarter in SAINT PANCRAS Volume 01B Page 33

  • Census:

  • 1901 (age 48-49)

  • Retired rate collector, 38 Dartmouth Park Hill, Upper Holloway, Middlesex

  • Death:

  • 10 Jan 1911 (age 58-59)

  • St Andrews Hospital, Northampton, Northamptonshire

Additional Information

  • Birth fact:

  • Mother's maiden name = Briggs

Wife: Lucy Mary Ripley

  • Name:

  • Lucy Mary Ripley

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • Christopher Ripley (1816-1860)

  • Mother:

  • Mary Ann Northey (c. 1813-1880)

  • Note:

  • BRADLEY Lucy Mary of Lewisham House 51 Dartmouth Park Hill St Pancras Middlesex widow died 18 February 1911 at Great Northern Hospital Holloway Road Middlesex. Administration (with Will limited) London 30 March to Hilda Mary Arnold Hopper (wife of George Arnold Hopper). Effects £5032 16s.

  • Birth:

  • 1 Sep 1855

  • St Pancras, Middlesex

  • Birth fact:

  • 1855 (age 0)

  • GRO Reference: 1855 D Quarter in SAINT PANCRAS Volume 01B Page 25

  • Baptism:

  • 11 Jan 1856 (age 0)

  • St Pancras, Middlesex

  • Census (1):

  • 1861 (age 5-6)

  • Living with mother

  • Census (2):

  • 1871 (age 15-16)

  • Living with mother

  • Census (3):

  • 1901 (age 45-46)

  • Wife in household

  • Death:

  • 18 Feb 1911 (age 55)

  • Great Northern Hospital, Holloway Road, Middlesex

Additional Information

  • Birth fact:

  • Mother's maiden name = Northey

Child 1: Leslie Ripley Bradley

  • Name:

  • Leslie Ripley Bradley

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse:

  • Jessie Edith Grant (1898-1991)

  • 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

Note on Husband: William Charles Bradley

BRADLEY William Charles of Lewisham House 51 Dartmouth Park Hill St Pancras Middlesex widow died 10 January 1911 at St Andrews Hospital Northampton. Administration (with Will limited) London 17 May to Hilda Mary Arnold Hopper (wife of George Arnold Hopper). Effects £293 5s. 6d.

Note on Wife: Lucy Mary Ripley

BRADLEY Lucy Mary of Lewisham House 51 Dartmouth Park Hill St Pancras Middlesex widow died 18 February 1911 at Great Northern Hospital Holloway Road Middlesex. Administration (with Will limited) London 30 March to Hilda Mary Arnold Hopper (wife of George Arnold Hopper). Effects £5032 16s.

Note on Child 1: 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 Child 1: Leslie Ripley Bradley (2)

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