Modern English biography, volume 1 (of 4), A-HBoase, Frederic
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Modern English biography, volume 1 (of 4), A-H
Boase, Frederic
Great Britain -- Biography -- Dictionaries
BAGOT, RIGHT REV. RICHARD (_6 son of Wm. Bagot, 1 Baron Bagot
1728–98_). _b._ Daventry 22 Nov. 1782; ed. at Rugby and Ch. Ch.
Ox. B.A. 1803, M.A. 1806, D.D. by diploma 30 Nov. 1829; fellow of
All Souls college 1804–1806; R. of Leigh, Staffs. 1806; R. of
Blithfield 1807; canon of Worcester 16 July 1817; canon of Windsor
25 March 1822; dean of Canterbury 2 Sep. 1827 to Nov. 1845;
elected Bishop of Oxford 13 July 1829, confirmed 22 and
consecrated 23 Aug.; Bishop of Bath and Wells 6 Nov. 1845 to
death; his see was administered for a time by Right Rev. James
Henry Monk, bishop of Gloucester and Bristol. _d._ Brighton 15 May
1854. _Rev. W. Palmer’s Events connected with publication of
Tracts for the times_ 1883.
BAGSHAW, HENRY RIDGARD (_2 son of Sir Wm. Chambers Darling
afterwards Bagshaw of Sheffield, physician 1771–1832_). _b._ 1
Nov. 1799; ed. at Oakham and Richmond gr. schs. and Trin. coll.
Cam., B.A. 1822; barrister M.T. 25 Nov. 1825, bencher Dec. 1854,
treasurer 1864–65; Q.C. Dec. 1854; judge of county courts of
Cardigan, Carmarthen and Pembroke (circuit 31) 30 Oct. 1861 and of
Clerkenwell district (circuit 41) June 1868 to death. _d._ 21
Fellow’s road, Eton park south Hampstead 16 May 1870.
BAGSHAW, JOHN. _b._ 1784; ed. at Rugby; a banker and merchant at
Calcutta; M.P. for Sudbury 1835 to 1837 and for Harwich 1847 to
1852 and 1853 to 1859; high steward of Harwich, _d._ Norwood 20
Dec. 1861.
BAGSHAW, ROBERT JOHN. _b._ 1803; a merchant at Calcutta; M.P. for
Harwich 9 Dec. 1857 to 23 April 1859; sheriff of Essex 1873 _d._
42 Gloucester square, London 11 Aug. 1878.
BAGSHAWE, WILLIAM LEONARD GILL. _b._ 18 Oct. 1828; ed. at Eton and
Trin. coll. Cam., B.A. 1851; rowed No. 5 in Cambridge boat against
Oxford 29 March 1849 and 15 Dec. 1849; the best oarsman on the
river Cam.; killed by poachers at Wormhill hall, near Tideswell 20
July 1854. _Annual Register_ (1854) 430–34.
BAGSTER, SAMUEL (_2 son of George Bagster of Beaufort buildings,
Strand, London_). _b._ 26 Dec. 1772; bookseller in the Strand
1794–1816, in Paternoster Row 1816 to death; published _The
English version of the polyglott Bible_ 1816; _Biblia sacra
polyglotta Bagsteriana_, 4 vols. 1817–28; _The English Hexapla_
1841 giving six most important English versions of New Testament;
and many Bibles and Prayer Books in foreign languages. (_m._ 19
Dec. 1797 Eunice Birch, she was _b._ 23 Aug. 1777 and _d._ 22 Aug.
1877). _d._ Old Windsor 28 March 1851.
BAGWELL, JOHN (_eld son of Very Rev. Richard Bagwell, dean of
Clogher who d. 25 Dec. 1825_). _b._ Clogher, co. Tyrone 3 April
1811; ed. at Winchester; sheriff of Tipperary 1834; M.P. for
Clonmel 30 March 1857 to 26 Jany. 1874; a lord of the treasury
June 1859 to July 1861. _d._ Marlfield, Clonmel 2 March 1883.
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