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He was the son of William Bagwell and Jane Harper.
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John Bagwell
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After the Acting of Union, he sat in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom for 1801 to 1806 as Member of Parliament for Tipperary. Bagwell built Marlfield House, Clonmel as the family residence. He ran unsuccessfully for Cork City in 1775 and in 1792 was declared a member for Tipperary in the Parliament of Ireland by a committee of the House of Commons, sitting until the Union with Great Britain in 1801.
During the Acting of Union debates he controversially changed his vote twice, "to the disgust of the Lord Lieutenant", Charles Cornwallis.
After the Union he was elected Member of Parliament for Tipperary in the United Kingdom Parliament. Bagwell never gained a peerage, the Chief Secretary stating that he believed it was "because of a nickname".
Membership
1st United Kingdom Parliament. 2nd United Kingdom Parliament.
