Is this David Bradley the scientist or David Bradley the musician? I'm assuming it's not David Bradley the actor who was Argus Filch in Harry Potter.
Could it be David Bradley the computer scientist, who built in the Control - Alt - Delete function for when a computer freezes ?
He was given eight bolls of malt by the King of Scotland in person with the instruction to make the first malt whiskey ?
No - I think they've been around for a lot longer. Clue time - recent governments have made a fine art of this....