Baron Bradbury, of Winsford in the County of Chester, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1925 for the economist and public servant Sir John Bradbury. He was Joint Permanent Secretary to the Treasury from 1913 to 1919 and considered to be the British government's chief economic adviser during the First World War. As of 2010 the title is held by his grandson, the third Baron, who succeeded his father in 1994.
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