The Right Honourable Sir Richard Baggallay PC |
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Sir Richard Baggallay, 1876.
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Attorney-General for England and Wales | |
In office 20 April 1874 – 25 November 1875 |
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Monarch | Victoria |
Prime Minister | Benjamin Disraeli |
Preceded by | Sir John Burgess Karslake |
Succeeded by | Sir John Holker |
Personal details | |
Born | 13 May 1816 |
Died | 13 November 1888 (aged 72) |
Nationality | British |
Political party | Conservative |
Sir Richard Baggallay PC (13 May 1816 – 13 November 1888), was a British Conservative politician and judge of the Court of Appeal.
Baggallay was the son of Richard Baggallay, of , a member of the Merchant Taylors' Company and a significant warehouseman of the City of London. He was called to the Bar, Lincoln's Inn, in 1843.
Bagallay sat as a Conservative Party Member of Parliament (MP) for Hereford from 1865 to 1868. 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 death in 1888.
He married, on 25 February 1847, Marianne, youngest daughter of Henry Charles Lacy of Withdean Hall, Sussex, by whom he left issue.