John Philip Bagwell

John Philip Bagwell DL (11 August 1874 – 22 August 1946) was the son of Richard Bagwell and Harriette Philippa Jocelyn Newton.[1] The Bagwells of Marlfield could trace their arrival in Ireland to John Bagwell (Backwell), a Captain in Cromwell's New Model Army.[2]

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Business

John Bagwell was general manager of Ireland's Great Northern Railways (GNR) between 1911 and 1926.[1]

Politics

Bagwell became an independent member of Seanad Éireann in the Irish Free State in 1922, and held that office until 1936.[1] 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.[3][4] He maintained that he escaped his captors through his own efforts and his safe release could not be attributed to these threats.[5] 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family residence of Marlfield House, Clonmel, County Tipperary was burned by Anti-treaty forces and the library of rare historical documents destroyed.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b c thePeerage.com
  2. ^ p45 Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry
  3. ^ Dáil Éireann - January, 1923 - PROCLAMATION RE KIDNAPPING.
  4. ^ New York Times - February 1, 1923
  5. ^ Seanad Éireann - Volume 7 - 16 June, 1926
  6. ^ M. Bence-Jones, A Guide to Irish Country Houses, London, 1988

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This page incorporates information from the Oireachtas Members Database