John Tuthill Bagot Explained

John Bagot
Constituency Mp:Light
Parliament:South Australian
Alongside:Carrington Smedley, William Maturin, David Shannon, Francis Dutton, John Rowe
Term Start:26 February 1857
Term End:12 March 1865
Predecessor:New District
Successor:Patrick Coglin
Birth Date:15 February 1819
Birth Place:King's County, Ireland
Spouse:Eliza Meyler
Occupation:Lawyer, Pastoralist

John Tuthill Bagot (15 February 1819 – 13 August 1870) was a South Australian politician.

Bagot was the second son of Charles Bagot, of Kilcoursie House, King's County, Ireland, by Anna, eldest daughter of John Tuthill, of Kingsland, County Limerick. Though described as Charles Hervey Bagot's nephew[1] their actual relationship was more distant. J. T. Bagot was admitted to the Irish bar. He married in 1848 Eliza, daughter of John Meyler.

Bagot emigrated to South Australia, and was elected to the semi-elective South Australian Legislative Council of 1855–6, for the district of Light. From 1857 to 1864 he represented Light in the South Australian House of Assembly. On 26 September 1866, he was elected to the new Legislative Council, and continued to hold the seat until 16 June 1870, when he resigned.

He was South Australia's only colonial Solicitor-General,[2] [3] serving in the Baker Ministry from 21 August to 1 September 1857.[4] He also served as Commissioner of Crown Lands and Immigration in the First Reynolds Ministry from 9 May 1860, to 20 May 1861; Attorney-General in John Hart's Ministry from 24 September to 13 October 1868; and Chief Secretary in Mr. Strangways' Government from 3 November 1868, to 12 May 1870.

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  1. News: Death of Captain Bagot . . Adelaide, SA . 30 July 1880 . 7 December 2014 . 5 . National Library of Australia.
  2. Book: Appleby, G . Role of the Solicitor-General . Bloomsbury Publishing . 2016 . 9781509903962 . 322 .
  3. Web site: Statistical Record of the Legislature, 1836-2009 . Parliament of South Australia . 14 December 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190311113513/http://www.parliament.sa.gov.au/AboutParliament/From1836/Documents/StatisticalRecordoftheLegislature1836to20093.pdf . 11 March 2019 . dead .
  4. 4195. John Bagot. yes. 8 November 2022.