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Overview
The following gives an overview of notable members of the Radford family. George David Radford and Daniel Radford were brothers.
 * George David Radford (d. 1879), draper and businessman
 * Sir George Heynes Radford, JP (1851–1917), solicitor, politician and member of Parliament
 * John Heynes Radford, JP (d. 1908), magistrate
 * Sir Charles Horace Radford, JP (1854–1916), local politician
 * Ernest William Radford (1857–1919), socialist writer
 * Ada Radford (1859–1932; m. Graham Wallas), writer and social worker
 * Florence Amelia (1858–1905; m. Arthur Frederick Popham)
 * Arthur Ewart Popham (1889–1970), museum keeper
 * Daniel Radford, JP (1828–1900), coal merchant
 * Emma Louisa Radford, JP, FRHistS (d. 1937; m. Sir George Heynes Radford), antiquarian
 * Arthur Lock Radford, FSA (1862–1925), antiquarian
 * Courtenay Arthur Ralegh Radford (1900–1999), archaeologist

Background
The following were the children of Daniel Radford, baker, of Frankfort Street, Plymouth, and Elizabeth, his wife: Daniel Radford of Frankfort Street, Plymouth, died, aged 49, and was buried on 12 December 1832. Elizabeth Radford was living as a baker on Frankfort Street in 1841 with Hannah, Jemima, Mary and Daniel Radford.
 * Hannah Radford (born 18 April 1819)
 * Jemima Radford (born 30 January 1821). She married, in 1844, John Friend, a solicitor, of London, the son of William Friend.
 * George David Radford (born 14 January 1823)
 * Lydia Radford (born 1 July 1824)
 * Mary Ann Radford (born 29 March 1826)
 * Daniel Radford (born 17 November 1828)

First generation
Summary

Hannah Radford and Thomas Wilcocks Popham
Hannah Radford was born on 18 April 1819 at Plymouth, Devon, the daughter of Daniel Radford and his wife, Elizabeth, and, in 1844, she married Thomas Willcocks Popham at Plymouth. She.... He....

George David Radford
George David Radford (c. 1823 - 26 July 1879) was a draper and leading businessmen in nineteenth century Plymouth.

He was born c. 1823 at Plymouth, Devon, and baptised on 14 January 1824, the son of Daniel Radford, a baker, and Elizabeth, his wife. He married Catherine Agnes Heynes, daughter of Thomas Heynes. She died in 1893, aged 69. His children were:

[Career] [Death]
 * Sir George Heynes Radford Kt (-1917)
 * John Heynes Radford JP (died 31 August 1908, aged 56); second son.
 * Sir Charles Horace Radford Kt JP (1854 - 1916)

Daniel Radford
Daniel Radford (17 November 1828–3 January 1900) was a prominent London coal merchant in the nineteenth century.

He was born on 17 November 1828, the son of Daniel Radford, a baker, of Plymouth, Devon, and his wife Elizabeth née Lock, his wife.

His wife was Lucy Vooght, daughter of William Vooght of East Ogwell, Devon. Radford and his wife had a number of children. William Walter Radford (c. 1855–1897) was the eldest son; Emma Louise Radford JP FRHistS (c. 1857–1937) was a prominent antiquarian, who is noted below; Herbert George Radford (born 1860) married, in 1890, Dora Hardcastle, eldest daughter of Nicholas Hardcastle MRCS of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and they had three sons; Arthur Locke Radford FSA (1862–1925) was an antiquary and archaeologist, and is noted below; Henry Martyn Radford (c. 1864–1882) died as a teenager; Alfred Joseph Vooght Radford (born 1865);  Howard Edmonds Radford (1866–1925) was educated at Amersham School and then St John's, Cambridge; Arnold Daniel Radford married Mary Violet Bennett, daughter of Henry Raymond Bennett of Bovey Tracy, Devon, in 1901;  Harold Thomas Radford (c. 1871–1940) trained as an architect, but did not enter the profession; instead, he lived as a country gentleman, hunting, playing golf and running the local Cricket Club; he was the owner of Lydford Gorge and presented it to the National Trust in 1944; in 1901, he married Crystal Pike, daughter of W.L. Pike. [Career] He bought Mount Tavy, near Tavistock, from J.C. Carpenter-Garnier in 1886; over the course of that year, he oversaw the enlargement of the seat. [Death]
 * Alice Emily Allen Radford
 * Amy Eliza Radford
 * Lydia Lucy Radford

Second generation
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George Heynes Radford and Emma Louisa Radford
For the main article, see George Heynes Radford.

Sir George Heynes Radford, Kt, JP (1851 – 5 October 1917) was a solicitor and politician, who served as a London County Councillor and then as the Liberal Member of Parliament for East Islington from 1906 to 1917. He was the eldest son of George David Radford, draper and businessman, and his wife, Catherine Agnes Heynes; educated at Amersham Hall, Reading, and then London University, he became a solicitor and established his own practice, Radford and Frankland, of Chancery Lane, London, which occupied him for much of the rest of his life. He was actively involved in local politics, serving as the West Islington councillor on the London County Council from 1885–1907; he was a Progressive member, but, in 1906, he was elected as the Member of Parliament for East Islington as a Liberal. He remained in that seat until his death in 1917, having been knighted the previous year.

His wife was Lady Emma Louisa Radford, JP, FRHistS (c. 1857 – 26 April 1937), an antiquarian, historian and one of the first women Justices of the Peace to be appointed in Exeter. She also served as the first female President of the Devonshire Association in 1928. She was the daughter of Daniel Radford, JP, a wealthy coal merchant of London, who settled in Tavistock, Devon. She married her husband in March 1882; they were first cousins, their father's being brothers. Together, they had three daughters: Katherine Kentisbeare Radford (who married Gerald Hume Saverie Pinsent in 1915), Ursula Mary Radford and Cecily Radford.

She was committed to public service and is notable for being the first woman holder of several civic positions. During the First World War, she was Chair of the Women's Land Army division in Kingston-upon-Thames. She served for six years on the local Old Age Pensions Committees, being the first woman to sit on such a board, and in 1922, she was appointed amongst the first women magistrates in Exeter and remained in that post until her death. She was a prominent figure in the United Association of Great Britain and France, and was a Council member of the Friends of Exeter Cathedral.

Away from official duties, she was a keen antiquarian. Having discovered and published Tavistock's charter in 1914, she also wrote papers on Sir Francis Drake (focusing on details of his birthplace and early life), on Tavistock Abbey in 1929 and printing in Devon in 1928. Her contributions to local history saw her appointed President of the Devonshire Association in 1928; she was the first woman elected to that post. She also contributed articles to the Dictionary of National Biography and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.

Charles Horace Radford
Sir Charles Horace Radford, Kt, JP (31 May 1854 – 19 February 1916) was a draper, who entered local politics and eventually became Mayor of Plymouth.

Born on 31 May 1854 at Plymouth, Devon, Charles Horace Radford was the third son of George David Radford, a businessman and partner in the firm of drapers Messrs. Popham, Radford and Co. Educated privately and then at Amersham Hall, Reading, he became associated with the Radford family business aged seventeen and gradually took more of a role in the management of the firm until his retirement in 1896. However, he was most notable for his service in local politics. He was a member of the Plymouth Council from 1891 until his death, representing Charles' Ward (1891–92) and afterwards Drake's Ward, Alderman from 1895 and Mayor in 1896–97 and again in 1907, when he was also knighted; he was Chair of the Municipal Offices Committee of the Council, and of the Education Committee from 1906. Serving as a magistrate, he was a Justice of the Peace for Devon from 1895 and Plymouth from 1906. Ideologically, he was a liberal and was Treasurer of the Plymouth Liberal Association and then President.

He married Bessie May, daughter of William May of Devonport, in 1883; the couple did not have children. He died at the Polurrian Hotel, Mullion, Cornwall on 19 February 1916; despite being in poorer health for some time, his death was described as “sudden” and “came as a shock”, according to a local newspaper report. His widow died on 3 May 1931, aged 73; she was buried on 7 May 1931.

Ernest William Radford
For the main article, see Ernest Radford

On 20 October 1883, he married Caroline, eldest daughter of Robert Maitland.

Arthur Locke Radford
Arthur Locke Radford, FSA (1862 – 15 November 1925) was an antiquarian specialising in stained glass, who was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society.

Born in 1862, the fourth son of Daniel Radford of Lydford and Mount Tavy, Tavistock. Radford was educated at Amersham Hall School, Reading, before becoming keenly interested in antiquaries, especially focusing his efforts on those of his home county of Devon. He was an authority on Devon rood screens and Stained Glass, the latter of which he amassed a sizeable collection, which was loaned to and eventually purchased by the South Kensington Museum. He was employed by Exeter City Council to preserve and restore the Norman remains discovered along King Street during the construction of new buildings there. He was close friends with Frederick Bligh Bond, and a friend of William Morris. In recognition of such contributions and studies of his field, he was elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London in 1904, and represented that society in Devon, through his work with the different antiquarian societies in that county. A portrait of Radford, painted by John Seymour Lucas, was acquired by the Society after the death of his son in 1998 and now hands in the Fellow’s Room.

He married, firstly, in 1886, Evelyn Mary Bennett, daughter of the Rev. James Hatchard Bennett, MA, Rector of Lydford, Devon. Secondly, he married Ada Minnie Hemyng Bruton, daughter of John Bruton of Clifton. He had two daughters and one son, the son being the eminent archaeologist Courtney Arthur Ralegh Radford, OBE, FBA, FSA (1900–1998); and the daughters, Audrey Thomasine Radford, and Evelyn Hilda Mary Radford, who married Sir Francis D'Arcy Copper, 1st Baronet, the industrialist. He died in 15 November 1925, having resided for some years at Bradninch Manor, Devon.