BAGWELL, John II (c.1780-1806), of Marlfield, co. Tipperary.

Bagwell was returned for Cashel in place of his brother Richard who had taken holy orders: not for Clonmel, as stated in the Official Return. His father had bought the seat and he held it only until the dissolution, giving a silent support to ministers. The chief secretary subsequently reported that he ‘attended his duty very regularly. He is I believe the best of the family, and they are all at this moment very much devoted to government and ready to obey any orders.’1Sidmouth mss, Wickham to Addington, 5 Dec. 1802. In 1802 Bagwell twice applied to government for a military appointment in Ireland, and in June 1803 his father applied to the chief secretary for some ‘staff situation attached to the army in Ireland’ for him.2Ibid. Bagwell to Wickham, 2 Dec. 1802; Wickham mss 1/45/23, Wickham to Addington, 13 June 1803. He was appointed deputy adjutant-general and in 1804 Lord Westmorland, a friend of the family, applied to Pitt for Bagwell to be placed on full pay as a major. Bagwell was made an inspector of yeomanry, but preferred his former appointment.3PRO 30/8/188, ff. 318, 323. He died near Exeter, 4 Mar. 1806, killed on the spot after being thrown from his horse.4Gent. Mag. (1806), i. 290.