Richard Hare Bagwell (1777-1826) was an

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in the first quarter of the 19th century. Bagwell was born in

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and educated at

Trinity College, Dublin , name_Latin = Collegium Sanctae et Individuae Trinitatis Reginae Elizabethae juxta Dublin , motto = ''Perpetuis futuris temporibus duraturam'' (Latin) , motto_lang = la , motto_English = It will last i ...

. Bagwell was MP for the Irish constituency of Cashel from 1799 until the Union in 1801. He then became MP for Cashel in the unified

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. Under the

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, passed in June 1801, it was unclear if he would be able to retain his seat; it prevented those in holy orders from sitting in Parliament, but Bagwell had been elected before the Act was passed and it was not clear if it applied to him. Bagwell believed that he should be disqualified and requested his father to move a writ for a by-election; after some debate, Bagwell agreed to resign from Parliament by taking the Chiltern Hundreds. He was succeeded in the seat by his brother John Bagwell. He was

Dean of Kilmacduagh The Dean of Kilmacduagh was the priest in charge of the Diocese's Cathedral, Kilmacduagh monastery." Fasti Ecclesiæ Hibernicæ: The Succession of the Prelates, Volume 4" Cotton, H pp202-205: Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1851 Deans of Kilmacduagh * ...

from 1804 to 1805. After that he was Dean of Clogher from 1805 and also Precentor of Cashel from 1805, holding both positions until his death on

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1825.''The Gentleman's Magazine'', Volume 140 Urban, S. p. 641 Obituaries: London, John Nichols & Son; 1826

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1777 births Church of Ireland priests Alumni of Trinity College Dublin Deans of Clogher Deans of Kilmacduagh 1826 deaths People from County Cork Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Tipperary constituencies Irish MPs 1798–1800 Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Tipperary constituencies (1801–1922) UK MPs 1801–1802 {{Ireland-reli-bio-stub