Ellerker Bradshaw 1680-1742
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Ellerker BRADSHAW 1680-1742
Biographical Note
Son of Sir James Bradshaw of Risby, Yorkshire. Little is recorded of him except that he was MP for Beverley 1727-41; his first return to Parliament was overturned for electoral corruption, but he subsequently secured the seat.
Books
Bradshaw used an engraved armorial bookplate (Franks 3485); the extent and disposition of his library are not known.
Sources
- History of Parliament.
- Gambier Howe, E. R. J. Franks bequest: catalogue of British and American book plates bequeathed to the ... British Museum. London, 1903.