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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 on the philosophy of the human mind_, _3 series_, 1855–1863. _d._ Norbury near Sheffield 18 Jany. 1870, left about £90,000 for benefit of that town. _English psychology translated from the French of T. Ribot_ (1873) 315–22; _British Controversialist July 1868 pp._ 1–25; _N. and Q. 5 S. ix_ 182–85, 216 (1878).

BAILEY, THOMAS. _b._ Nottingham 31 July 1785; a silk hosier there, then a wine merchant; contested Nottingham July 1830; member of town council 26 Dec. 1835 to 1843; proprietor and editor of _Nottingham Mercury_ 1846–52; author of _What is life, and other poems_ 1820; _Recreations in retirement_ 1836; _Annals of Nottinghamshire 4 vols._ 1852–55, originally published in 32 shilling parts; _Records of Longevity_ 1857, and 9 other books. _d._ Old Bassford near Nottingham 23 Oct. 1856. _C. Brown’s Nottinghamshire Worthies_ (1882) 341–50.

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