John Bagwell DL, JP (3 April 1811 – 2 March 1883) was an Irish

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politician. Bagwell was the son of Reverend

Richard Bagwell Richard Bagwell (9 December 1840 – 4 December 1918) was a noted historian of the Stuart and Tudor periods in Ireland, and a political commentator with strong Unionist convictions. He was the eldest son of John Bagwell, M.P. for Clonmel from ...

and Margaret Croker. He was

High Sheriff of Tipperary The High Sheriff of Tipperary was the Sovereign's judicial representative in County Tipperary. Initially an office for a lifetime, assigned by the Sovereign, the High Sheriff became annually appointed from the Provisions of Oxford in 1258. Beside ...

in 1834, a Deputy Lieutenant for

County Tipperary County Tipperary ( ga, Contae Thiobraid Árann) is a county in Ireland. It is in the province of Munster and the Southern Region. The county is named after the town of Tipperary, and was established in the early 13th century, shortly after th ...

and a

Justice of the Peace A justice of the peace (JP) is a judicial officer of a lower or ''puisne'' court, elected or appointed by means of a commission ( letters patent) to keep the peace. In past centuries the term commissioner of the peace was often used with the sa ...

. He sat as

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for

Clonmel Clonmel () is the county town and largest settlement of County Tipperary, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. The town is noted in Irish history for its resistance to the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland, Cromwellian army which sacked the towns of Dro ...

between 1857 and 1874 and served under

Lord Palmerston Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, (20 October 1784 – 18 October 1865) was a British statesman who was twice Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in the mid-19th century. Palmerston dominated British foreign policy during the period ...

as a

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from 1859 to 1862. Bagwell resided at the family estate at

Marlfield, Clonmel Marlfield (Gaeilge:''Gort an Mharla'') is a village three kilometres west of Clonmel, County Tipperary, Ireland. It is within the townlands of Marlfield and Inishlounaght. It replaced an older settlement named Abbey, which had developed near the ...

. He married Eliza Prittie on 21 June 1838 and they had six children Elizabeth, Margaret, Emily, Fanny,

Richard Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Frankish language, Old Frankish and is a Compound (linguistics), compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic language, Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' an ...

and

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bagwell, John People from Clonmel

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High Sheriffs of Tipperary Irish Liberal Party MPs 1883 deaths 1811 births Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Tipperary constituencies (1801–1922) UK MPs 1857–1859 UK MPs 1859–1865 UK MPs 1865–1868 UK MPs 1868–1874 Deputy Lieutenants of Tipperary Politicians from County Tipperary