John Philip Bagwell
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John Philip Bagwell DL
(11 August 1874 – 22 August 1946) was the son of Richard Bagwell
and Harriette Philippa Jocelyn Newton. The Bagwells of Marlfield
could trace their arrival in Ireland to John Bagwell (Backwell), a Captain in Cromwell's
New Model Army
.
's Great Northern Railways
(GNR) between 1911 and 1926.
in the Irish Free State
in 1922, and held that office until 1936. During the Irish Civil War
he was kidnapped and held hostage by Republicans
in the Dublin Mountains. The Free State government responded by issuing a proclamation to the effect that if he was not safely released, reprisals would be taken. He maintained that he escaped his captors through his own efforts and his safe release could not be attributed to these threats. At about this time the family residence of Marlfield House, Clonmel
, County Tipperary was burned by Anti-treaty forces and the library of rare historical documents destroyed.
Deputy Lieutenant
In the United Kingdom, a Deputy Lieutenant is one of several deputies to the Lord Lieutenant of a lieutenancy area; an English ceremonial county, Welsh preserved county, Scottish lieutenancy area, or Northern Irish county borough or county....
(11 August 1874 – 22 August 1946) was the son of Richard Bagwell
Richard Bagwell
Richard Bagwell was a noted historian of the Stuart and Tudor periods in Ireland, and a political commentator with strong Unionist convictions.He was the eldest son of John Bagwell, M.P. for Clonmel from 1857 to 1874...
and Harriette Philippa Jocelyn Newton. The Bagwells of Marlfield
Marlfield, Clonmel
Marlfield is a village three kilometres west of Clonmel, County Tipperary, Ireland. It is within the townlands of Marlfield and Inishlounaght. It replaced an older settlement named Abbey, which had developed near the 12th century Cistercian community of Inislounaght Abbey.- Local industry...
could trace their arrival in Ireland to John Bagwell (Backwell), a Captain in Cromwell's
Oliver Cromwell
Oliver Cromwell was an English military and political leader who overthrew the English monarchy and temporarily turned England into a republican Commonwealth, and served as Lord Protector of England, Scotland, and Ireland....
New Model Army
New Model Army
The New Model Army of England was formed in 1645 by the Parliamentarians in the English Civil War, and was disbanded in 1660 after the Restoration...
.
Business
John Bagwell was general manager of IrelandIreland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
's Great Northern Railways
Great Northern Railway (Ireland)
The Great Northern Railway was an Irish gauge railway company in Ireland.The Great Northern was formed in 1876 by a merger of the Irish North Western Railway , Northern Railway of Ireland, and Ulster Railway. The Ulster Railway was the GNRI's oldest constituent, having opened between Belfast and...
(GNR) between 1911 and 1926.
Politics
Bagwell became an independent member of Seanad ÉireannSeanad Éireann (Irish Free State)
Seanad Éireann was the upper house of the Oireachtas of the Irish Free State from 1922–1936. It has also been known simply as the Senate, or as the First Seanad. The Senate was established under the 1922 Constitution of the Irish Free State but a number of constitutional amendments were...
in the Irish Free State
Irish Free State
The Irish Free State was the state established as a Dominion on 6 December 1922 under the Anglo-Irish Treaty, signed by the British government and Irish representatives exactly twelve months beforehand...
in 1922, and held that office until 1936. During the Irish Civil War
Irish Civil War
The Irish Civil War was a conflict that accompanied the establishment of the Irish Free State as an entity independent from the United Kingdom within the British Empire....
he was kidnapped and held hostage by Republicans
Irish Republican Army
The Irish Republican Army was an Irish republican revolutionary military organisation. It was descended from the Irish Volunteers, an organisation established on 25 November 1913 that staged the Easter Rising in April 1916...
in the Dublin Mountains. The Free State government responded by issuing a proclamation to the effect that if he was not safely released, reprisals would be taken. He maintained that he escaped his captors through his own efforts and his safe release could not be attributed to these threats. At about this time the family residence of Marlfield House, Clonmel
Marlfield House, Clonmel
Marlfield House was the former residence of the Bagwell dynasty, a wealthy and politically influential Irish Unionist family in south Tipperary from the eighteenth to the twentieth centuries. It is located about three kilometres west of the town of Clonmel on the northern bank of the River Suir. It...
, County Tipperary was burned by Anti-treaty forces and the library of rare historical documents destroyed.
External links
- Image of Marlfield House on proposed Marlbrook development from Padraig Harrington.com