The Indian Biographical Dictionary (1915)/Bradshaw, Surgeon-General Alex Frederick
Bradshaw, Surgeon-General Alex Frederick, C.B., 1891; M.R.C.P. (Lond.), M.R.C.S. and L.S.A. (Lond.), F.R.G.S., Member Royal Society of Medicine; Hon. Physician to the King; M.A. Oxon. (hon., 1900; by decree, 1910); A.M.S. (retired); Member of Oxford City Council: b 1834; m. 1164, Ellen C., d. of Col. R. S. Ewart, Bengal Army; three s., five d. Educ: private school, Cambridge; St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, London: Worcester College, Oxford, 1897-1900. Entered Army Medical Department, 1857, and appointed to Rifle Brigade: served with 2nd Battalion during Indian Mutiny; present at siege of Lucknow, 1858, Garrison and Brigade Surgeon, Delhi, 1863-1864; appointed to Chestnut Troop, Royal Horse Artillery, 1866: on personal staff of there Commanders-in-Chief in India, Sir William Mansfield (afterwards Lord Sandhurst), Lord Napier of Magdala, and Sir Fred. Haines, 1869-81: went with last to Afghanistan, 1879, during the war; principal medical officer of the Quetta District, Baluchistan 1884-86; of the Zhob Valley Expeditionary Force, 1884 of the Frontier Field Force, Assam, Egypt, 1886-87; of the Northern District, England, 1887; of the Rawal Pindi District, Punjab, 1887-92: of the Hazara (Black Mountain) Field Force, 1891 Hon. Surgeon to Viceroys of India, Lords Lansdowne and Elgin, 1891-95; principal medical officer, H.M.’s Forces in India, 1892-95; served 35 years in India; received King’s Coronation Medal, 1902. Address: 111 Banbury Road, Oxford. Clubs: United Service, London: Oxford and County, Oxford.