About Robert John Bagshaw
Lived 1803 – 1873 (aged 69–70). Robert John Bagshaw was a British politician.
Robert John Bagshaw (31 December 1803 – 14 August 1878) was a British Whig politician.
He was born the only son of John Bagshaw, MP for Harwich, who had developed the resort of Dovercourt, near Harwich. Robert continued the development of the town after his father's death in 1861.
After unsuccessfully contesting Great Yarmouth at a by-election in 1848, Bagshaw was elected Whig MP for Harwich at a by-election in 1857—caused by the death of George Drought Warburton—and held the seat until the 1859 general election when he did not seek re-election.
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Who was Robert John Bagshaw?
British politician; (1803-1878)
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Robert John Bagshaw was born in 1803.
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Robert John Bagshaw died in 1873 in Gloucester Square.
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Robert John Bagshaw was a politician.
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Robert John Bagshaw was British.
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