Robert John Bagshaw (1803 – 11 August 1873) was a
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Whig politician.
He was born the only son of
John Bagshaw
John Bagshaw (1784 – 20 December 1861) was a British Whig property developer and politician.
Life
He was the son of John Bagshaw of Rugby, Warwickshire.
He moved to Harwich in Essex and acquired land at nearby Dovercourt, where he develop ...
, MP for Harwich, who had developed the resort of
Dovercourt
Dovercourt is a small seaside town and former civil parish, now in the parish of Harwich, in the Tendring district, in the county of Essex, England. It is older than its smaller but better-known neighbour, the port of Harwich, and appears in th ...
, near Harwich. Robert continued the development of the town after his father's death in 1861.
After unsuccessfully contesting
Great Yarmouth
Great Yarmouth (), often called Yarmouth, is a seaside town and unparished area in, and the main administrative centre of, the Borough of Great Yarmouth in Norfolk, England; it straddles the River Yare and is located east of Norwich. A pop ...
at a
by-election in 1848,
Bagshaw was elected Whig MP for
Harwich
Harwich is a town in Essex, England, and one of the Haven ports on the North Sea coast. It is in the Tendring district. Nearby places include Felixstowe to the north-east, Ipswich to the north-west, Colchester to the south-west and Clacton-on- ...
at a
by-election in 1857—caused by the death of
George Drought Warburton
George Drought Warburton (1816–1857) was an Irish soldier, politician and writer on Canada.
Life
The third son of George Warburton of Aughrim, County Galway, and younger brother of Bartholomew Elliott George Warburton, known as Eliot, he was ...
—and held the seat until the
1859 general election when he did not seek re-election.
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UK MPs 1857–1859
1803 births
1873 deaths
Whig (British political party) MPs for English constituencies
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