John Haggard (1794 – 31 October 1856) was an English ecclesiastical lawyer who was Chancellor of three dioceses.

Family

A member of the Haggard family, 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

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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 LL.B. 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 College of Doctors of Law, London. He held his fellowship at Trinity Hall until his marriage in 1820. In 1836 Haggard was appointed chancellor of Lincoln 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 James Prince Lee, 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

;Attribution * 1793 births 1856 deaths Haggard family Canon law jurists Alumni of Trinity Hall, Cambridge Fellows of Trinity Hall, Cambridge People educated at Westminster School, London Members of Doctors' Commons 19th-century English lawyers {{UK-law-bio-stub