Richard Bagwell (9 December 1840 – 4 December 1918) was a historian of the

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and Tudor periods in Ireland, and a political commentator with strong Unionist convictions. He was the eldest son of John Bagwell, M.P. for

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from 1857 to 1874. His son

John Philip Bagwell John Philip Bagwell (11 August 1874 – 22 August 1946) was an Irish businessman and politician. Early life and family Bagwell was born on 11 August 1874, the son of Harriet Newton and Richard Bagwell. The Bagwells of Marlfield could trace t ...

followed the family tradition in politics becoming a

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in the government of the

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in 1923.

Academic career

Bagwell was educated at

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and

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in England and

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, being admitted to

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in 1866. He was the author of ''Ireland Under the Tudors'', 3 vols. (1885–1890) and ''Ireland Under the Stuarts'', 3 vols. (1909–10), in recognition for which he was given the honorary degree of Litt. D. by

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in 1913 and that of D.Litt. by Oxford University in 1917. He also wrote the historical entry on ‘Ireland’ for the

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(Chicago 1911).

Politics

Bagwell was a Commissioner on National Education between 1905 and 1918 and a member of the Patriotic Union (Southern Unionists). He held the position of High Sheriff of County Tipperary in 1869. He was a Justice of the Peace for

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(and later for

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), and held the office of Deputy Lieutenant of Tipperary. He was also Special Local Government Commissioner between 1898 and 1903Richard Bagwell at ThePeerage.Com
/ref> and President of the Borstal Association of Ireland.

Personal life

Bagwell married Harriet Philippa Joscelyn (née Newton) on 9 January 1873. The couple had one son,

, and three daughters, Emily Georgiana, Margaret and Lilla Minnie. He died 4 December 1918 at Marlfield.

Works

Ireland under the Tudors

* – 1534 to 1558 * – 1558 to 1578 * – 1579 to 1603

Ireland under the Stuarts

* – 1603 to 1642 * – 1642 to 1660 * – 1660 to 1690

Contributions to the Dictionary of National Biography

Bagwell was a prolific contributor to the DNB. Among many others he wrote: * * *

Contributions to the Encyclopaedia Britannica 11th Edition

Bagwell contributed one signed article: *

Bibliography

References

*
Richard Bagwell
(thePeerage.com)

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bagwell, Richard 1840 births 1918 deaths People from Clonmel 19th-century Irish historians 20th-century Irish historians

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