Sir Roger Bradshaigh, 1st Baronet (14 January 1628 – 31 March 1684) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1660 to 1679.
Bradshaigh was the third but oldest surviving son of James Bradshaigh of Haigh Hall, Haigh, Lancashire, by Anne, daughter of Sir William Norris of Speke[1] In 1660, he was elected member of parliament (MP) for Lancashire in the Convention Parliament.
[1] Roger Bradshaigh developed coal and cannell pits under his Haigh Hall estate and the Great Haigh Sough, a 1,120 yards (1,020 m) tunnel to drain them, was driven under the estate between 1653 and 1670.
[4] Bradshaigh died at the age of 57 on a visit to Chester and was buried at Wigan.
[2] Sir Roger Bradshaigh, 2nd Baronet (1699–1770) married Dorothy Bellingham who was a noted correspondent of Samuel Richardson.