John Haggard (1794 – 31 October 1856) was an

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ecclesiastical lawyer who was Chancellor of three dioceses.

Family

A member of the

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, he was born at Bradfield,

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, the third son of William Henry Haggard (died 1837), of Bradenham Hall,

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, and his wife Frances Amyand, only daughter of the Rev. Thomas Amyand. On 20 July 1820 he married Caroline Hodgson (died 21 November 1884), daughter of Mark Hodgson of

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. Their son

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was a successful rower during his time at

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and died of

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in 1854. Haggard's brother William was the grandfather of the writer Sir H. Rider Haggard and great-grandfather of the naval officer Sir

Vernon Haggard Admiral Sir Vernon Harry Stuart Haggard, KCB, CMG (28 October 1874 – 30 January 1960) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, America and West Indies Station. His career in the Royal Navy spanned forty-four years, fro ...

and the diplomat Sir

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Education and career

Haggard was educated at

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. He entered

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, as a pensioner on 9 June 1807, took his

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degree in 1813 and was elected a Fellow on 1 December 1815. He took his

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in 1818, and on 3 November that year was admitted a Fellow of the

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, London. He held his fellowship at Trinity Hall until his marriage in 1820. In 1836 Haggard was appointed chancellor of

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by his college friend Dr. John Kaye, the bishop. He accompanied the bishop in the visitation of his diocese. Haggard was nominated chancellor of

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in June 1845, and two years afterwards commissary of

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in the same diocese. In 1847 he received the appointment of chancellor of

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from

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, the first bishop of the diocese. He died at

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at the age of 62.

Publications

* ''Reports of Cases argued in the Consistory Court of London, containing the Judgments of Sir W. Scott'', 1822, 2 vols. * ''Reports of Cases argued in the Court of Admiralty during the time of Lord Stowell'', 1822–40, 3 vols. * ''A Report of the Judgment of Dew v. Clarke'', 1826. * ''Reports of Cases argued in the Ecclesiastical Courts at Doctors' Commons and in the High Court of Delegates'', 1829–32, 4 vols. * ''Digest of Cases argued in the Arches and Prerogative Courts of Canterbury and contained in the Reports of J. Haggard'', 1835.

References

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