Richard Baggallay Explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Right Honourable
Sir Richard Baggallay
Order1:Attorney-General for England
Term Start1:20 April 1874
Term End1:25 November 1875
Monarch1:Victoria
Primeminister1:Benjamin Disraeli
Predecessor1:Sir John Burgess Karslake
Successor1:Sir John Holker
Order2:Lord Justice of Appeal
Term Start2:5 November 1875
Term End2:28 November 1885
Birth Date:13 May 1816
Birth Place:Lambeth, Surrey, England (now London)
Blank1:Baptism
Data1:15 June 1816
St-Mary-at-Lambeth
Death Place:Hove, Sussex, England
Resting Place:West Norwood Cemetery
Party:Conservative
Alma Mater:Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge
Spouse:Marianne Lacy

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). He attended Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge where he graduated with a BA in 1839 followed by an MA in 1842.[1] 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.[2] 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. 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 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.

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 .[4] 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.[4]

Arms

Escutcheon:Per chevron Gules and Azure on a chevron Or between three goats’ heads erased Argent as many fleur-de-lis Azure.
Crest:A goat’s head erased Argent charged on the neck with three fleur-de-lis Azure.[5]
Motto:Stemmata Quid Faciunt

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Attribution

Sources

Notes and References

  1. Baggallay, Richard . Rigg . James McMullen . 1.
  2. Book: Craig , F. W. S. . F. W. S. Craig . British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 . 1977 . 2nd . 1989 . Parliamentary Research Services . Chichester . 0-900178-26-4 . 150, 467.
  3. Encyclopedia: Contract - General Principles - Remedies - Specific Performance and Injunctions - Specific Performance . The Laws of Australia . [7.9.1450] . Thomson Reuters . 31 August 2006 .
  4. https://probatesearch.service.gov.uk Calendar of Probates and Administrations
  5. Web site: 1868 Baggallay R. . Baz Manning . 8 June 2024.