The Right Honourable Sir
Richard Baggallay
PC
Sir Richard Baggallay, 1876.
Attorney-General for England
In office
20 April 1874 – 25 November 1875
MonarchVictoria
Prime MinisterBenjamin Disraeli
Preceded bySir John Burgess Karslake
Succeeded bySir John Holker
Lord Justice of Appeal
In office
5 November 1875 – 28 November 1885
Personal details
Pronunciation/ˈbæɡəliˌ-ɡli/
Born13 May 1816
Lambeth, Surrey, England (now London)
Died13 November 1888 (1888-11-14) (aged 72)
Hove, Sussex, England[1]
Resting placeWest Norwood Cemetery
Political partyConservative
SpouseMarianne Lacy
Alma materGonville and Caius College, Cambridge
Baptism15 June 1816
St-Mary-at-Lambeth

Sir Richard Baggallay PC (1816 – 1888) was a British barrister, politician, and judge. After serving as Attorney-General under Benjamin Disraeli from 1874 to 1875, Baggallay was appointed a Lord Justice of Appeal in Chancery (Lord Justice of Appeal from 1877), serving until his resignation in 1885.

Background and education

Baggallay was one of the sons of Richard Baggallay, of Stockwell, a member of the Merchant Taylors' Company and a significant warehouseman of the City of London (d.1870, will sworn at under £30,000).[1] He attended Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge where he graduated with a BA in 1839 followed by an MA in 1842.[2] He was called to the Bar, Lincoln's Inn, in 1843.

Political and legal career

Bagallay sat as a Conservative Party Member of Parliament (MP) for Hereford from 1865 to 1868.[3] He was knighted on 14 December 1868 after losing his seat, but was re-elected in 1870 as MP for Mid Surrey, holding the seat until 1875.[4] He served briefly as Solicitor-General under Benjamin Disraeli in 1868 and again in 1874, and as Attorney-General under Disraeli from 1874 to 1875. In 1875, he was sworn of the Privy Council[5] and appointed to the newly established Court of Appeal, where he served until his resignation in 1885. He thereafter occasionally sat in the Privy Council until his death in 1888.

Judgments

Personal life

He married, on 25 February 1847, Marianne, youngest daughter of Henry Charles Lacy of Withdean Hall, Sussex, by whom he left children.[7]

In later years Baggallay suffered from poor health and died while convalescing at 10 Brunswick Square, Hove, Sussex. He was buried at South Metropolitan Cemetery at Norwood.

Legacy

Aside from certain of his judicial co-decisions and occasional dissents which proved to be of long importance - decisions of the Court of Appeal have binding authority unless and until reshaped at that level, above or by statute - his probate was re-sworn in 1890 leaving assets of £65,491 (equivalent to about £7,700,000 in 2021).[1] He left executors as his widow at 55 Queens Gate, South Kensington and three sons, who lived at their houses in Elm Park Road, Chelsea and Onslow Square.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d https://probatesearch.service.gov.uk Calendar of Probates and Administrations
  2. ^ Rigg, James McMullen (1901). "Baggallay, Richard" . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography (1st supplement). London: Smith, Elder & Co.
  3. ^ Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. pp. 150, 467. ISBN 0-900178-26-4.
  4. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 6)
  5. ^ "No. 24271". The London Gazette. 30 November 1875. p. 6033.
  6. ^ "Contract - General Principles - Remedies - Specific Performance and Injunctions - Specific Performance". The Laws of Australia. Thomson Reuters. 31 August 2006. pp. [7.9.1450].
  7. ^ Rigg 1901.
Attribution

Wikisource This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Rigg, James McMullen (1901). "Baggallay, Richard". In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography (1st supplement). London: Smith, Elder & Co.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom Preceded byHenry Morgan-CliffordGeorge Clive Member of Parliament for Hereford 1865 – 1868 With: George Clive Succeeded byJohn WyllieGeorge Clive Preceded byWilliam BrodrickSir Henry Peek, Bt Member of Parliament for Mid Surrey 1870–1875 With: Sir Henry Peek, Bt Succeeded bySir Trevor Lawrence, BtSir Henry Peek, Bt Legal offices Preceded bySir William Baliol Brett Solicitor-General for England September–December 1868 Succeeded bySir John Coleridge Preceded bySir William Vernon Harcourt Solicitor-General for England 1874 Succeeded bySir John Holker Preceded bySir John Burgess Karslake Attorney-General for England 1874–1875 Succeeded bySir John Holker
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