10 Facts About Joseph Bradney

Joseph Bradney was born at Greet, Tenbury Wells, Shropshire, and educated at Harrow and Trinity College, Cambridge.

Joseph Bradney acquired, partly by inheritance and partly purchase, Tal-y-coed Court, an estate at Talycoed, Llanvihangel-Ystern-Llewern, near Monmouth, where he settled at an early age.

Joseph Bradney entered the army, serving as captain of the Royal Monmouth Royal Engineers Militia from 1882 to 1892, and lieutenant-colonel commanding the 2nd Battalion, Monmouthshire Regiment from 1892 to 1912.

In contravention of the King's Regulations, Bradney kept a diary throughout his period of active service.

Joseph Bradney was High Sheriff of Monmouthshire in 1889, Deputy lieutenant of the county, and a county councillor from 1898 to 1924, serving as Chairman in 1921.

Joseph Bradney was a governor and on the Council of the National Library of Wales and the National Museum of Wales.

Joseph Bradney was a member of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales, and was awarded an honorary doctorate of laws from the University of Wales.

Joseph Bradney was appointed a Companion of the Bath in 1911, and knighted in 1924.

Joseph Bradney wrote extensively on the history of Monmouthshire, his major work being A History of Monmouthshire from the Coming of the Normans into Wales down to the Present Time, published in twelve volumes between 1904 and 1933.

Joseph Bradney's History comprised twelve volumes, divided by the traditional administrative areas of Hundreds.