John Bagshaw

For the manufacturer, see John Stokes Bagshaw.

John Bagshaw (1784 – 20 December 1861)^[1] was a British Whig politician.

He was elected at the 1835 general election as Member of Parliament (MP) for Sudbury, having unsuccessfully contested the seat at a by-election in July 1834.^[2] At the 1837 general election, he did not stand again in Sudbury, but contested Kidderminster unsuccessfully.^[3] At the 1841 general election he stood instead in Harwich, but was not elected.^[4] He won the seat in 1847, but was defeated in 1852. However, the election of his Conservative Party successor was voided on petition, and Bagshaw won the resulting by-election on 21 June 1853. After being re-elected in 1857,^[4] he resigned his seat in the House of Commons on 9 March 1859, through appointment as Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds.^[5]

References

↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 6)
↑ Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 294. ISBN 0-900178-26-4.
↑ Craig, op. cit., page 165
1 2 Craig, op. cit., pages 144–145
↑ Department of Information Services (9 June 2009). "Appointments to the Chiltern Hundreds and Manor of Northstead Stewardships since 1850" (PDF). House of Commons Library. Retrieved 30 November 2009.

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Sir John Benn Walsh Sir Edward Barnes	Member of Parliament for Sudbury 1835 – 1837 With: Benjamin Smith	Succeeded by Sir John James Hamilton Sir Edward Barnes
Preceded by William Beresford John Attwood	Member of Parliament for Harwich 1847 – 1852 With: John Attwood to 1848 Sir John Cam Hobhouse, Bt 1848–1851 Henry Thoby Prinsep 1851 Robert Wigram Crawford 1851–1852 Sir Fitzroy Kelly 1852 Isaac Butt from 1852	Succeeded by George Peacocke David Waddington
Preceded by George Peacocke David Waddington	Member of Parliament for Harwich 1853–1859 With: David Waddington to 1857 George Drought Warburton 1857 Robert John Bagshaw from 1857	Succeeded by Henry Jervis-White-Jervis Robert John Bagshaw

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 242663630

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