Sir John Bradford Timmins (born 1932) is a British businessman, retired reservist, and public servant.
Timmins was born in 1932 and attended Wolverhampton Technical College and the University of Aston in Birmingham. He worked in building and civil engineering until 1980 and has been chairman of Warburton Properties Ltd since 1973."Timmins, Col Sir John (Bradford)", Who's Who (online ed., Oxford University Press, December 2018). Retrieved 12 June 2019.
He was appointed a deputy lieutenant in 1981 and served as High Sheriff of Greater Manchester for the 1986–87-year.The London Gazette, 11 April 1986 (issue 50483), p. 5022. He was appointed a magistrate for Trafford in 1987. Timmins then served for twenty years as Lord Lieutenant of Greater Manchester, between 1987 and 2007. In 2002 he was appointed a Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order.Supplement to the London Gazette, 15 June 2002 (issue 56595), p. 3. He has also received honorary doctorates from the University of Salford and the University of Manchester.
Timmins was also active in the Territorial Army between 1956 and 1980; he commanded 75 Engineer Regiment from 1971 to 1973 and was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire that year.Supplement to the London Gazette, 29 December 1972 (issue 45860), p. 6.
John Timmins main business was Director of Warburton Propoerties LtdCompaines House As well as a Director for The Greater Manchester Museum of Science and Industry Trust, (Science and Industry Museum), for 5 years from 1991Companies House
John and his family lived for several years in The Old Rectory, Warburton a Grade 2 building until 2009, when they sold up and retiredOld Rectory House The building was the Rectory to timber-framed Grade I Church of St Werburgh which is claimed to date back to Saxon times.
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