John Philip Bagwell
John Philip Bagwell DL (11 August 1874 – 22 August 1946) was an Irish businessman and politician. He 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]
Business
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.[3] 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.[4][5] He maintained that he escaped his captors through his own efforts and his safe release could not be attributed to these threats.[6] 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family residence of Marlfield House, Clonmel, County Tipperary was burned by Anti-treaty forces and the library of rare historical documents destroyed.[7]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 thePeerage.com
- ↑ Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry, p45.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Dáil Éireann - January, 1923 - PROCLAMATION RE KIDNAPPING.
- ↑ New York Times - February 1, 1923
- ↑ Seanad Éireann - Volume 7 - 16 June, 1926
- ↑ M. Bence-Jones, A Guide to Irish Country Houses, London, 1988
- 1874 births
- 1946 deaths
- Independent politicians in Ireland
- Members of the 1922 Seanad
- Members of the 1925 Seanad
- Members of the 1928 Seanad
- Members of the 1931 Seanad
- Members of the 1934 Seanad
- Bagwell family of Marlfield
- Deputy Lieutenants
- People of the Irish Civil War (Pro-Treaty side)
- Politicians from County Tipperary
- Irish people in rail transport
