Education
Born in Ligoniel in Belfast, Bradford studied at the Royal Belfast Academical Institution and Trinity College Dublin.
Born in Ligoniel in Belfast, Bradford studied at the Royal Belfast Academical Institution and Trinity College Dublin.
He then worked in British Army intelligence before moving to London, where he worked for the British Broadcasting Corporation and Independent Television. In 1960, he published a novel, Excelsior. At the Northern Ireland general election, 1965, Bradford was elected for the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) in Belfast Victoria, defeating David Bleakley Member of Parliament of the Northern Ireland Labour Party. In 1966, he was appointed Assistant Whip, then in 1968, Chief Whip.
From 1969, he was the Minister of Commerce, then from 1971 to 1972, Minister of Development.
At the Northern Ireland Assembly election, 1973, Bradford was elected in Belfast East. He sided in favour of the Sunningdale Agreement and remained loyal to Brian Faulkner, and was Minister in charge of the Department of the Environment until June 1974.
He stood unsuccessfully in North Down at the February 1974 United Kingdom general election. He followed Brian Faulkner into the Unionist Party of Northern Ireland after the collapse of the power-sharing executive, but in June, he returned to the UUP. He was not elected to the 1975 Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention.
He worked as a journalist, writing an influential weekly column in the Belfast News Letter and also served as a councillor and Mayor of North Down.
His papers were deposited in the Public Records Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI). Roy and Hazel Bradford"s son, Conor, is a presenter on Good Morning Ulster for British Broadcasting Corporation Northern Ireland.
1st Northern Ireland Assembly (1973–1974).