Pen name Shelland Bradley Role Writer Name Francis Bradley-Birt | Alma mater Oxford University Nationality British Died June 11, 1963 | |
 Born June 25, 1874 ( 1874-06-25 ) Occupation Civil Servant and Writer Spouse Lady Norah Beatrice Henriette Spencer-Churchill Books The Romance of an East, The Story of an Indian Up, Persia, The Romance of an East, Chota Nagpore: A Little‑kno | ||
Francis Bradley Bradley-Birt, B.A. (Oxon.), ICS, FRGS (25 June 1874 – 11 June 1963), diplomat and writer, began his career as an English member of the Indian Civil Service. His duty in India began in 1896, and he started as an assistant magistrate and collector. He was originally assigned to Khulna, Midnapore, Hooghly and Calcutta. At some point he was re-assigned to the commander-in-chief in India, and later served in the British legation in Tehran. Bradley-Birt wrote both fiction and non-fiction about his travels in India, Persia and the Middle East. In India he was attached to the Archaeological service, and this formed the basis for some of his non-fiction work. He wrote under his own name and under the pseudonym "Shelland Bradley."
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Ramananda Chatterjee credited Bradley-Birt with "resuscitating" the literary study of Henry Louis Vivian Derozio.
Bradley-Birt married (1 December 1920) Norah Spencer-Churchill, daughter of George Spencer-Churchill, 8th Duke of Marlborough (she was, therefore, a cousin of Winston Churchill).
Bradley-Birt owned a property known as Birtsmorton Court, which he acquired from his uncle, F. R. Bradley-Birt, who bought it in 1911, re-uniting it with the neighboring property of Berrow, which was already under his ownership.