Introduction

Biography

Son of Coun­ty Court Judge H. R. Bag­shawe, Ed­ward stu­died at St. Ma­ry’s Col­lege, Os­cott, and took his BA at Lon­don Uni­ver­si­ty.

He had planned to work in law, but in­stead joined the Bromp­ton Ora­to­ry in 1849, and was or­dained a priest in 1852.

In 1871, he was con­se­crat­ed by R. C. Bi­shop of Not­ting­ham, and in 1874, be­came Bi­shop of Not­ting­ham.

In 1901, Bag­shawe’s health be­gan to fail, and while in Rome in May that year he was en­cour­aged to of­fer his re­sig­na­tion.

As ti­tu­lar Bi­shop of Hy­pae­pa (now Gün­lü­ce, Öde­miş, Tur­key), he went to live in the Blue Nuns’ House at Houns­low. He be­came ti­tu­lar Arch­bi­shop of Se­leu­cia in 1904.

Works

• Verses and Hymns, 1876
• Breviary Hymns and Mis­sal Se­quenc­es, 1900
• The Psalms and Can­ti­cles in Eng­lish Verse, 1903
• Doctrinal Hymns, 1904