James Bradshaw (MP for Brackley)

James Bradshaw (15 April 1786 - 18 September 1833) was a Member of Parliament for the constituency of Brackley from 1825 to 1832.

Bradshaw, born on 15 April 1786,[1] was the second son of Robert Haldane Bradshaw MP.[2] He joined the Royal Navy in 1805, becoming a commander in the following year and a captain in 1808. In 1809, he commanded the Eurydice during the capture of Martinique.[1] In 1825, he became the MP for Brackley alongside his father, who had been the MP for this constituency since 1802. The pair remained joint MPs there until it was disenfranchised in 1832.[1]

In 1833, he was living in Runcorn. On 18 September of that year he was found dead at his father's residence, Worsley Hall. He had killed himself with a razor. An inquest into his death was told that he had been suffering from ill-health since his time in the navy, especially violent fits of indigestion for which he would take large doses of medication without any medical advice. The inquest jury returned a verdict of insanity. He left a wife, two sons and two daughters.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c "BRADSHAW, James (1786-1833), of Runcorn, Cheshire | History of Parliament Online". www.histparl.ac.uk. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
  2. ^ "The Gentleman's magazine. v.154 1833". HathiTrust. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
  3. ^ "Liverpool - Captain Bradshaw RN - Late MP for Brackley". Bell's Weekly Messenger. No. 93. 6 October 1833. pp. 6–7. Retrieved 20 June 2019 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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