Anthony Gadie

Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Anthony Gadie T.D. (7 September 1868 – 24 August 1948) was an English businessman and Conservative Party politician from Bradford in West Yorkshire.

Born in a small cottage in Skipton, he became a builder and then an estate agent, a Lord Mayor of Bradford and a local councillor and alderman for 45 years. He served as an army officer in France during World War I and as a Member of Parliament (MP) in the 1920s, but is best known for his involvement with construction of the Scar House Reservoir.

Career Gadie began his career as a builder, and made his name developing "Gadie's garden suburb" at Allerton. He later founded an estate agency business, Anthony Gadie & Sons.

He served in the army during the First World War, in the 2nd West Riding Brigade of the Territorial Force, where he was promoted to the rank of major on 29 August 1914.

Politics Gadie was a member of Bradford City Council from 1900 to 1945. He also served as chair of the corporation's Water Committee, playing a big part in establishing the Scar House Reservoir, which was finally completed in 1936. on 7 September 1936.

The reservoir was dismissed by some as a waste of money, and known as "Gadie's Folly". However, during the droughts of 1933 and 1934, Bradford had all the water it needed.

However, Leach re-gained the seat at the 1929 general election, The title was conferred in a ceremony at Buckingham Palace on 10 July 1935.

Later life Gadie was a charter member and President of the Rotary Club in Bradford in 1924–25, and a freemason who rose to become Provincial Grand Master for the Masonic Province of the West Riding of Yorkshire. He was awarded the freedom of the city of Bradford in October 1944.

He died on 24 August 1948, aged 79, His address at time of death was listed as "Oakwood", Toller Lane, Bradford.