Modern English Biography (volume 1 of 4) A-H. Frederic Boase

      BAGLEY, John Woodhouse. Made many important improvements in the bobbin net machine for which he took out patents 1844, 1850 and 1851; his productions were shewn in the London exhibition of 1851 and the Paris exhibition of 1855. d. 1859 aged about 50. W. Felkin’s History of hosiery (1867) 371–75.

      BAGNALL, Charles. b. West Bromwich, Staffs. 1827; an ironmaster; M.P. for Whitby 1865–68. d. Brighton 25 Feb. 1884.

      BAGNALL, John Nock. b. Hateley Heath, West Bromwich 30 May 1826; member of firm of John Bagnall and Sons of the Gold’s Hill Iron works (where most of the rails used on foreign lines were made) 1844–61; captain of Bilston rifle corps which he raised 26 Jany. 1860, commanded Wolverhampton battalion 9 Nov. 1868 to March 1884; pres. of South Staffordshire branch of the English Church Union; licensed by Bishop Selwyn as a lay deacon in diocese of Lichfield 1872, took charge of St. Mary’s, Hateley Heath; sheriff of Staffs. 1875–76; author of A history of Wednesbury in the county of Stafford [anon.] 1854. d. The Moss Shenstone, Staffs. 18 Oct. 1884. John Nock Bagnall A memoir by his daughter Mary Willett 1885, portrait.

      BAGNOLD, Michael. Entered Bombay army 1803; colonel 29 Bombay N.I. 21 Jany. 1846 to death; M.G. 20 June 1854. d. Upper Hamilton terrace, St. John’s Wood, London 1 Dec. 1857 aged 71.

      BAGOT, William Bagot, 2 Baron (3 son of Wm. Bagot, 1 Baron Bagot 1728–98). b. Bruton st. London 11 Sep. 1773; ed. at Westminster and Ch. Ch. Ox.; succeeded 22 Oct. 1798; author of Memorials of the Bagot family 1823. d. Blithfield near Stafford 12 Feb. 1856. Memorials of the Bagot family 1823, portrait.

      BAGOT, Alan (2 son of the succeeding). b. 1 June 1856; M.I.M.E., F.C.S., F.S.A.; invented several apparatus for saving life and preventing accidents in mines; author of Accidents in mines 1878; The principles and practice of colliery ventilation 1879, 2 ed. 1882; Principles of civil engineering 1885. d. Bournemouth April 1885.

      BAGOT, Charles. b. 20 May 1808; captain grenadier guards 15 May 1840; lieut. col. 3 Stafford militia 5 April 1853 and col. 27 March 1858 to death; assistant master of ceremonies in Royal household 1861 to death. d. 49 Cadogan place, London 20 Feb. 1881.

      BAGOT, Rev. Charles Walter (3 son of Right Rev. Richard Bagot 1782–1854). b. 11 Feb. 1812; ed. at Ch. Ch. Ox., B.A. 1834, M.A. 1842; fellow of All Souls college 1842–46; R. of Castle-Rising, Norfolk 1846 to death; chancellor of diocese of Bath and Wells 1851 to death. d. 10 Sep. 1884.

      BAGOT, Henry. b. 12 July 1810; entered navy 13 May 1823; admiral on h.p. 22 Jany. 1877. d. Brewood hall, Stafford 30 Nov. 1877.

      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.

      BAIGRIE, Robert (son of John Baigrie of Fearn, Rossshire). Entered Bombay army 3 Feb. 1848; major staff corps 3 Feb. 1868; quartermaster general Bombay army to 1874; commandant 28 N.I. 20 May 1876 to death; C.B. 24 May 1873. d. Poona 25 Sep. 1877. I.L.N. lxxi, 481, 482 (1877), portrait.

      BAIKIE, William Balfour (eld son of John Baikie captain R.N.). b. Kirkwall, Orkney 27 Aug. 1825; ed. at Kirkwall gr. sch. and Univ. of Edin., M.D.; assistant surgeon R.N. 1848; surgeon and naturalist to expedition to the river Niger 1854; commanded expedition to river Niger 1 April 1857; author of Narrative of an exploring voyage up the river Niger 1856. d. at house of Charles Heddle, Sierra Leone 12 Dec. 1864. Journal of royal geographical society xxxv, 123 (1865); I.L.N. xlvi, 88 (1865), portrait.

      BAILES, William Haigh. b. 1821; solicitor at Boston 1843 to death; member of Boston town council 1863–72, alderman 1872, mayor 1873. d. 14 April 1885.

      BAILEY, Rev. Benjamin. V. of Dallington, Northampton 1819; senior chaplain in Ceylon; archdeacon of Colombo 1852 to death. d. Nottingham place, Marylebone 25 June 1853 aged 62.

      BAILEY, Crawshay. b. Wenham, Suffolk 24 Oct. 1789; an ironmaster in South Wales; sheriff of Brecon 1835, of Monmouth 1850; took out a patent for railway rails 1843; M.P. for Monmouth 1852–68. d. Llanfoist near Abergavenny 9 Jany. 1872.

      BAILEY, Fanny (dau. of John Mitchell of Ferring, Sussex, farmer). b. Ferring 7 Aug. 1777. d. Christchurch schools, Worthing 6 April 1881 aged 103 years and 8 months. I.L.N. lxxviii 440 (1881), portrait; N. and Q. 5 S. viii, 265 (1877), xii, 407 (1879), 6 S. iii, 485 (1881).

      BAILEY, James. Ed. at Trin. coll. Cam., B.A. 1814, M.A. 1823; head master of Perse’s Free school Cam.; granted a Civil list pension of £100, 30 Oct. 1850; edited Forcellini’s Latin dictionary 2 vols. 1826; author of Comicorum Græcorum fragmenta 1840. d. London 13 Feb. 1864.

      BAILEY, Sir Joseph, 1 Baronet (elder son of Joseph Bailey of Wakefield 1747–1813). b. Great Wenham priory, Suffolk 21 Jany. 1783; an ironmaster in Brecknock and Monmouth; chairman of Birkenhead docks company; sheriff of Monmouth 1823; M.P. for Worcester 1835–47 and for Brecknockshire 1847 to death; created a baronet 5 July 1852. d. Glanusk park, Brecknockshire 20 Nov. 1858.

      BAILEY, Samuel. b. Sheffield 1791; one of the trustees of Sheffield 1828; a founder of Sheffield Banking company 1831, and chairman; contested Sheffield 14 Dec. 1832 and 12 Jany. 1835; his supporters founded a Bailey club; pres. of Sheffield Literary and Philosophical society several times; author of Essays on the formation and publication of opinions 1821, 3 ed. 1831; Critical dissertation on the nature, measure, and causes of Value 1825; Maro or poetic irritability in four cantos [anon.] 1845; The theory of reasoning 1851, 2 ed. 1852; Letters