Born c1836 in Temple parish, the son of John Bright II and the father of John and Henry Bright (PPR, 61C, 91C).
| 1861 | Stoneware potter, Apple Tree, Rose Street, Temple parish (23), living with his wife Harriet (20), born in Bristol (61C). |
| 1863 | 26 Nov. West Street, St Philip’s parish (25), the son of John Bright, potter, he married Sarah Ann Marsh (22) of Old Market Street, the daughter of Stephen Marsh, a miner (PPR). |
| 1864 | Bread Street, St Philip’s parish (PPR). |
| 1866 | 25 Aug. ‘George Bright was charged on a warrant with assaulting his wife Ann with a poker. The parties live in Pipe Lane, parish of Temple, and it appeared that the accused had attacked his wife, who was in a delicate situation, a violent blow in the eye with a poker. The prisoner, who is a potter and works at Mr Price’s pottery, Temple Street, was sentenced to one month’s hard labour, and as he threatened his wife on leaving the court he was called back by the magistrates, who informed him that they should require him to find two sureties to keep the peace for a further period of a month ‘ (Bristol Mercury). |
| 1869 | Bread Street, St Philip’s parish (PPR). |
| 1871 | Potter, prisoner in the House of Correction, Bridewell, St John’s parish (34) (71C). |
| 1881 | 3 Ash Lodge, Temple parish (44), living with his wife Sarah Ann (40), a shoe binder, and children (81C). |
| 1891 | 9 Redcliffe Mead Lane, St Mary Redcliffe parish (54), living with his wife and children (91C). |
| 1897 | 18 Dec. Noted as a potter on the marriage of his son Henry William Stephen Bright (23) a labourer of John Street to Elizabeth Bignell (PPR). |
| 1901 | His wife was a widow (01C). |
| Children: Ann Harriet, born 29 Aug 1864, bapt 25 Sep 1864 (PPR), Mary Ann, born 6 Mar 1869, bapt 4 Apr 1869 (PPR), John, born c1873 in St Mary Redcliffe parish (81C), Henry William Stephen, born c1874 in St Mary Redcliffe parish (81C), Eliza J., born c1878 in St Mary Redcliffe parish (81C), Edward, born c1882 in St Mary Redcliffe parish (91C), Frederick, born c1887 in St Mary Redcliffe parish (91C) |