Francis Bradley

British classical horn player. Born ~1899 in London, England, UK. He changed his name from Borsdorf during the 1st World War. He was in The Scots Guards from about 1914 and he later played for the Margate Municipal Orchestra in Kent, England. He was 2nd Horn in the London Symphony Orchestra (1924-1931) and in the BBC Symphony Orchestra from its foundation in 1930 until about 1932. Sir Thomas Beecham chose him as his Principal Horn when he formed the London Philharmonic Orchestra in 1933; he held the post until 1954. He ended up at The English National Opera Orchestra, where he retired in 1976, aged 77. His father was the classical horn virtuoso, Adolf Borsdorf (a German who became British national in 1887), who was one of the founder members of the London Symphony Orchestra in 1904.