Francis Bradley Bradley-Birt

Francis Bradley Bradley-Birt ICS FRGS (25 June 1874 – 11 June 1963) was a British diplomat and writer.

Francis Bradley Bradley-Birt
Born(1874-06-25)25 June 1874
Died11 June 1963(1963-06-11) (aged 88)
Malvern, Worcestershire, England
Pen nameShelland Bradley
OccupationCivil servant, writer
NationalityBritish
Alma materUniversity of Oxford
SpouseLady Norah Spencer-Churchill

Biography

He began his career as an English member of the Indian Civil Service. His duty in India began in 1896, and he started as an assistant magistrate and collector. He was originally assigned to Khulna, Midnapore, Hooghly and Calcutta. At some point he was re-assigned to the commander-in-chief in India, and later served in the British legation in Tehran.[1] Bradley-Birt wrote both fiction and non-fiction about his travels in India, Persia and the Middle East. In India he was attached to the Archaeological service, and this formed the basis for some of his non-fiction work. He wrote under his own name and under the pseudonym "Shelland Bradley."

Ramananda Chatterjee credited Bradley-Birt with "resuscitating" the literary study of Henry Louis Vivian Derozio.[2]

Bradley-Birt married (1 December 1920) Lady Norah Beatrice Henriette Spencer-Churchill Of Marlborough , daughter of George Spencer-Churchill, 8th Duke of Marlborough (she was, therefore, a cousin of Winston Churchill).

Bradley-Birt owned a property known as Birtsmorton Court, which he acquired from his uncle, F. R. Bradley-Birt, who bought it in 1911, re-uniting it with the neighboring property of Berrow, which was already under his ownership.[3]

Works

Written under pseudonym
  • The Doings of Berengaria (1902)
  • An American Girl in India (1907)
  • The Adventures of an A.D.C. (1910)
  • An American Girl at the Durbar (1912)
  • Fifty (1927)

References
  1. "Peer to Speak at Downer on Trip in Persia". The Milwaukee Journal: 10. 7 March 1934.
  2. The Modern Review. 36. 1924. {{cite journal}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. "Birtsmorton". British History Online. Retrieved 22 January 2012. quoting, Page (ed.), William; Willis-Bund (ed.), J.W. (1924). A History of the County of Worcester. Vol. 4. pp. 29–33. {{cite book}}: |last1= has generic name (help)
  4. "Review of Chota Nagpore by F. B. Bradley-Birt". Scottish Geographical Magazine. XiX: 558–559. 1903.
  5. "Brief review of Twelve Men of Bengal in the Nineteenth Century by F. B. Bradley-Birt". United Empire: The Royal Colonial Institute Journal. 3: 106. 1912.
  • Wikisource logo Works by or about Francis Bradley Bradley-Birt at Wikisource
  • Who Was Who among English and European Authors (1931–49)
  • The Indian Civil Service 1601–1930. Lewis Sydney Steward O'Malley. J. Murray 1931. p. 299.
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