John Haggard was an English

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

 ecclesiastical lawyer who was Chancellor of three dioceses..

Haggard was born at Bradfield

Bradfield

-Australia:* Division of Bradfield, an electoral district in the Australian House of Representatives, in New South Wales-England:* Bradfield, Berkshire, England** Bradfield College, a public school in Bradfield, Berkshire, England* Bradfield, Devon, England...

, Hertfordshire

Hertfordshire

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, the third son of William Henry Haggard (died in 1837), of Bradenham Hall, Norfolk

Norfolk

Norfolk is a low-lying county in the East of England. It has borders with Lincolnshire to the west, Cambridgeshire to the west and southwest and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the North Sea coast and to the north-west the county is bordered by The Wash. The county...

 and his wife Frances Amyand, only daughter of the Rev. Thomas Amyand. He was educated at Westminster School

Westminster School

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. He entered Trinity Hall, Cambridge

Trinity Hall, Cambridge

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, as a pensioner on 9 June 1807, took his LL.B. degree in 1813 and was elected a Fellow on 1 December 1815. He took his LL.D. in 1818, and on 3 November in the latter year was admitted a Fellow of the College of Doctors of Law

Doctors' Commons

Doctors' Commons, also called the College of Civilians, was a society of lawyers practising civil law in London. Like the Inns of Court of the common lawyers, the society had buildings with rooms where its members lived and worked, and a large library...

, London. He held his fellowship at Trinity Hall until his marriage in 1820.

In 1836, Haggard was appointed chancellor of Lincoln

Diocese of Lincoln

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 by his college friend Dr. John Kaye, the bishop. He accompanied the bishop in the visitation of his diocese. Haggard was nominated chancellor of Winchester

Diocese of Winchester

The Diocese of Winchester forms part of the Province of Canterbury of the Church of England.Founded in 676, it is one of the oldest and largest of the dioceses in England.The area of the diocese incorporates:...

 in June 1845, and two years afterwards commissary of Surrey

Surrey

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 in the same diocese. In 1847 he received the appointment of chancellor of Manchester

Anglican Diocese of Manchester

The Diocese of Manchester is a Church of England diocese in the Province of York, England. Based in the city of Manchester, the diocese covers much of the county of Greater Manchester and small areas of the counties of Lancashire and Cheshire.-History:...

 from James Prince Lee

James Prince Lee

James Prince Lee, MA, DD was an English clergyman who became the first Bishop of Manchester.-Early life:...

, the first bishop of the diocese.

Haggard died at Brighton

Brighton

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 at the age of 62.

Haggard married Caroline Hodgson, daughter of Mark Hodgson of Bromley

Bromley

Bromley is a large suburban town in south east London, England and the administrative headquarters of the London Borough of Bromley. It was historically a market town, and prior to 1963 was in the county of Kent and formed the administrative centre of the Municipal Borough of Bromley...

 on 20 July 1820. She died 21 November 1884, aged 88. Their son Mark Haggard

Mark Haggard

Mark Haggard was an English clergyman and rower who won events at Henley Royal Regatta.Haggard was the son of John Haggard, a lawyer, and his wife Caroline Hodgson. His father was Chancellor of Lincoln, Winchester and Manchester. Haggard was educated at Christ Church, Oxford where he rowed for...

 was a successful rower during his time at Oxford University but died of tuberculosis

Tuberculosis

Tuberculosis, MTB, or TB is a common, and in many cases lethal, infectious disease caused by various strains of mycobacteria, usually Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Tuberculosis usually attacks the lungs but can also affect other parts of the body...

in 1854.

Publications

• Reports of Cases argued in the Consistory Court of London, containing the Judgments of Sir W. Scott, 1822, 2 vols.
• Reports of Cases argued in the Court of Admiralty during the time of Lord Stowell, 1822–40, 3 vols.
• A Report of the Judgment of Dew v. Clarke, 1826.
• Reports of Cases argued in the Ecclesiastical Courts at Doctors' Commons and in the High Court of Delegates, 1829–32, 4 vols.
• Digest of Cases argued in the Arches and Prerogative Courts of Canterbury and contained in the Reports of J. Haggard, 1835.

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