Josiah Howell Bagster, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Josiah Howell Bagster

Australian politician

Date of Birth: 19-Feb-1847

Place of Birth: Ledbury, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 17-Oct-1893

Profession: politician, land agent

Zodiac Sign: Pisces


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About Josiah Howell Bagster

  • Josiah Howell Bagster (19 February 1847 – 17 October 1893) was a land agent and politician in the colony of South Australia. His father Josiah Shirley Bagster was born on 10 July 1811 and baptised on 08 January 1812, at Partridge Lane Independent Church, Faversham Kent, England.
  • He married Elizabeth Howell at St James Church, Westminster, London in the second quarter of 1841, but had arrived in Ledbury before the 1841 census which was conducted on 6 June 1841. He was born in Ledbury, Herefordshire and baptised Joseph Howell Bagster in Ledbury parish church on 1 March 1847, the son of stationer Josiah Shirley Bagster (c.
  • 1811 – 6 March 1882) and his wife Elizabeth née Howell, who emigrated to South Australia on the Caroline, arriving in September 1849.
  • He obviously decided to take his father's name Josiah, rather than the more usual Joseph, which he was baptised.
  • He attended Webster's Commercial School in Grenfell Street, and was apprenticed to the Government Printing Office.
  • He abandoned the printing trade for land dealing.He was on the boards of several public companies and the Zoological Society and acted as Director of the Zoological Gardens during the absence of R.
  • E.
  • Minchin.
  • He also sat on the Adelaide Licensing Bench and the Central Road Board.He was mayor of Unley from 1877 to 1878. He was member for Yatala in the House of Assembly from September 1881 to April 1890 One commentator described him as able and amiable, but devoid of ideas and lacking forcefulness in speech.
  • He made and lost a fortune and was financially saved by a lucky draw in a Melbourne Cup sweep.
  • He died after an operation for an ulcerated lung.

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