Bradlaugh, Charles, a social reformer on secularist lines, born in London; had a chequered career; had for associate in the advocacy of his views Mrs. Annie Besant; elected M.P. for Northampton thrice over, but not allowed to sit till he took the oath, which he did in 1886; died respected by all parties in the House of Commons; wrote the “Impeachment of the House of Brunswick” (1833‒1891).
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Bradford * Bradley, James