Sir Joseph Radcliffe, 1st Baronet (1744–1819), name at birth Joseph Pickford, was an English landowner, and a magistrate noted for his repression of Luddites in northern England. He changed his surname, to his mother's maiden name, in 1795.[1]
- ^ Walford, Edward (1864). The County Families of the United Kingdom, Or Royal Manual of the Titled and Untitled Aristocracy of Great Britain and Ireland ; Containing a Brief Notice of the Descent, Birth, Marriage, Education, and Appointments of Each Person, His Heir ... Together with His Town Address and Country Residence. Hardwicke. p. 829.