Samuel Bradford


Samuel Bradford
Bishop of Rochester
Nineteenth-century portrait of Bradford (copy by George Perfect Harding)
ChurchChurch of England
DioceseDiocese of Rochester
Elected1723
Term ended1731 (death)
PredecessorFrancis Atterbury
SuccessorJoseph Wilcocks
Other post(s)Bishop of Carlisle
1718–1723
Dean of Westminster
1723–1731
Orders
Consecration1 June 1718
Personal details
Born(1652-12-20)20 December 1652
Died17 May 1731(1731-05-17) (aged 78)
The Deanery, Westminster
BuriedWestminster Abbey
NationalityEnglish (later British)
DenominationAnglican
ResidenceThe Deanery, Westminster
ParentsWilliam Bradford of London
Spousewife (née Ellis)
Children2 daughters; 1 son: Revd William
Alma materCorpus Christi College, Cambridge

Samuel Bradford (20 December 1652 – 17 May 1731) was an English churchman and whig, bishop successively of Carlisle and Rochester.