The son of Leonard and Ivy Bradshaw, he was educated at
Slough Grammar School and the
University of Reading. He married Jill Hayward in 1957, by whom he has two children. After Jill's death in 2002, he married Diana Ayris in 2003. His latest known descendant is grandson Huu Bradshaw. After
National Service from 1957 to 1959, he worked for
British Rail from 1959 to 1985, starting as a management trainee in the Western Region and rising to the post of Director Policy Unit in 1980, and General Manager of British Rail Western Region 1983. After leaving British Rail, he was Professor of Transport Management at the
University of Salford from 1986 to 1992, a fellow of
Wolfson College, Oxford, and Chairman of
Ulsterbus and
Citybus Ltd in
Belfast from 1987 to 1993. He was a special adviser to the
House of Commons Transport
Select committee from 1992 to 1997. He was created a
Life peer as
Baron Bradshaw,
of Wallingford in the County of Oxfordshire on 22 July 1999. == References ==