Edward Daniel Alexander Bagot (25 December 1893 – 12 June 1968), generally known as "Alec" or "E. D. A. Bagot" was a South Australian adventurer, polemicist and politician active in the first half of the 20th century, and related to Captain Charles Hervey Bagot .
18-2201: Bagot may refer to: People [ edit ] Alec Bagot (1893–1968), Australian adventurer, polemicist and politician Baron Bagot , title in the Peerage of Great Britain Charles Bagot (1781–1843), English diplomat and colonial administrator Charles Hervey Bagot (1788–1880), South Australian parliamentarian John Bagot (disambiguation) , several people Josceline Bagot (1854–1913), British army officer and MP Lewis Bagot (1740–1802), Anglican cleric Milicent Bagot (1907–2006), British intelligence officer R. C. Bagot (1827–1881), horse racing official in Melbourne, Australia Richard Bagot (disambiguation) , several people Richard Bagot (writer) (1860–1921), English novelist and essayist Richard Bagot (bishop) (1782–1854), English cleric Theodosia Bagot (1865–1940), British nurse and benefactor Walter Bagot (disambiguation) , several people Sir Walter Bagot (died 1622) (1557–1622/23), Member of Parliament for Tamworth Sir Walter Bagot, 3rd Baronet (1644–1704), English barrister and landowner Sir Walter Bagot, 5th Baronet (1702–1768), English Member of Parliament Walter Bagot (priest) (1731–1806), English cleric and landowner Walter Bagot (architect) (1880–1963), South Australian architect William Bagot (disambiguation) , several people William Bagot (politician) (died 1407), favourite of King Richard II and Shakespearean character William Bagot, 1st Baron Bagot (1728–1798), British politician William Bagot, 2nd Baron Bagot (1773–1856), British peer William Bagot, 3rd Baron Bagot (1811–1887), British courtier and Conservative politician William Bagot, 4th Baron Bagot (1857–1932), British peer and Conservative politician Places [ edit ] Bagot (federal electoral district) , former Quebec electoral district Bagot (provincial electoral district) , former Quebec provincial electoral district Bagot (Province of Canada) ,
36-589: A cadastral unit. It could be Hundred of Bagot (Northern Territory) Hundred of Bagot (South Australia) [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hundred_of_Bagot&oldid=713864363 " Category : Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
54-628: A district of Quebec established in 1853 Bagot, Manitoba , an unincorporated community in Manitoba Bagot's Wood , a wood in Staffordshire, England Bagot, Northern Territory , an aboriginal community in Darwin, Australia Other [ edit ] Bagot goat , a British breed of semi-wild goat Mount Bagot , a mountain on the Canada-US border Rush–Bagot Treaty , a treaty of 1817 between
72-759: A full-time political operator, he was employed in the insurance industry in Adelaide then in 1943 moved to Broken Hill , from where he joined the Government Insurance Office of New South Wales . He was promoted and moved to Sydney, where amongst other duties he edited the in-house magazine Security , retiring in 1963. and wrote a well-received biography of George S. Coppin . His wife was a close friend of Coppin's daughter Lucy. He married Christobel Bollen on 20 September 1916. Her father, Dr. Christopher Bollen (29 July 1866 – 12 September 1952) of "Clovelly", Woodville Road, Woodville then Fitzroy, South Australia ,
90-527: A short-wave transceiver, gave nightly reports on radio 5CL. Despite a second successful round trip that year, Bagot abandoned his idea of regular service when the Commonwealth Government turned down his application for a subsidy. He found employment with General Motors and in 1930 "Captain Bagot" as he was called by admirers (or "'Alphabetical Bagot' as he was known to the many who disliked him), founded
108-568: A summer residence in Stirling West ). Their Sydney home was initially at 104 Elizabeth Bay Road, Elizabeth Bay . Information regarding E. D. A. Bagot's military service and E. C. Bagot's death and other details were obtained from the National Archives of Australia online. Hundred of Bagot (disambiguation) (Redirected from Hundred of Bagot (disambiguation) ) The Hundred of Bagot refers to
126-798: The Citizens' League of South Australia, which opposed Unionism, Communism and the White Australia Policy as benefiting the working classes, yet also opposing Fascism. This was the time of the Great Depression and he also supported the Young People's Employment Council and the Rev. Samuel Forsyth 's (1881–1960) Forsyth Industrial Colony "Kuitpo Colony" near Kuitpo Forest , which was training boys as farm workers. The Citizen's League attempted political influence by promising support to political candidates, and
144-706: The Pathfinder force for Bomber Command over Germany and was lost, reportedly when his plane crashed near Watenstedt in the Brunswick area. In the absence of evidence, his mother never abandoned hope of his survival and spent years searching for the facts surrounding his disappearance, to the discomfort of the Air Force's Missing Research and Enquiry Service . Their first home was "Clovelly", Woodville, South Australia then until 1937 "Wellington House", Wellington Square, North Adelaide ; then 90 Jeffcott Street, North Adelaide (with
162-503: The Rev. E(dward) Arthur Bagot ( – 19 January 1930) of Kildoon, County Kildare , and mother had arrived in Adelaide on Ormuz on 21 July 1891. Mrs Bagot had a daughter at 73 Hill Street, North Adelaide, and the son was born in Magill on Christmas Day, 1893. In 1894 they moved to Western Australia, where they had another son on 6 November 1895 at Cottesloe Beach and in 1899 returned to England, eventually retiring to Brighton . E. D. A. Bagot
180-732: The S.P.C.A., one of many organisations supported by Mrs Alec Bagot. He founded the Australian Listeners' League in 1937, with the principal aim of having the Radio Listener's Licence fee halved from one guinea (£1.1s) to 10/6d. After several abortive attempts to enter parliament, he was elected to the Southern District seat on the South Australian Legislative Council in a by-election in 1938, largely on his stand against five year parliamentary terms. When not
198-578: The US and the UK See also [ edit ] Walter Bagehot , British journalist Woods Bagot , a global architecture and consulting studio originating in South Australia Hundred of Bagot (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Bagot . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
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#1732844824634216-528: The intention of setting up a regular service between Adelaide and Darwin via Oodnadatta and Alice Springs . He conducted a demonstration run with eight men and four women in three Studebaker cars and a Thornycroft truck, leaving Adelaide on 18 May and arrived in Darwin on 3 June; left there on 7 June and returned to Adelaide on 25 June, travelling via Camooweal, Queensland and Marree, South Australia , publicised by Duncan and Fraser (agents for both Thornycroft and Studebaker) and as they were equipped with
234-423: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bagot&oldid=1200321313 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Disambiguation pages with surname-holder lists Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Alec Bagot His father,
252-620: Was a factor in the election of the Independent candidate George Connor to the Assembly seat of Alexandra in 1934. In 1933 he founded Wannaway Options Limited, a gold-mining company with ten leases in Western Australia. A new company, New Milo Gold Mining, was set up to take over the options held by Wannaway which was voluntarily liquidated in August the same year. He was a committee member of
270-737: Was educated at Framlingham and Lowestoft Colleges, in Suffolk , joined the Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company , assigned as second wireless operator to SS Olympic , and was on that ship when she received the fateful last broadcasts of her sister ship Titanic . At the outbreak of war in 1914 he was in Australia working for the Commonwealth Radio Service (later Postmaster-General's Department) at Alberton, South Australia . He applied for enlistment several times, and
288-734: Was finally accepted on 11 September 1916, and married Christobel Bollen on 20 September 1916. (In his Army enlistment papers he gave his place of birth as Lowestoft , England.) He joined the Australian Imperial Forces as a lieutenant in the 1st Australian (Wireless) Signals Squadron, led by Major Charles William Marr, and left on Karmala for the Middle East on 21 September 1916 and served in India and Mesopotamia , Mentioned in Despatches in 1918 (once not twice, and contrary to some references he
306-491: Was never awarded a DSO ), promoted to captain on 1 October 1918 and returned to Australia on 14 April, his appointment terminating in Adelaide on 23 May 1919. After the war he spent another eight years organising tourist services between Iraq , Persia (now Iran ) and Syria for the Mesopotamian Trading Agency of Ashar, Basrah . His wife may have joined him in 1924. He returned to South Australia in 1926 with
324-564: Was notable as having possibly the longest practising life of any Australian medical practitioner. Mrs Alec Bagot, as she was generally known, was a keen actor and was involved in many charitable organisations. They had one son, Edward Christopher (5 January 1922 – 14 January 1944), who enlisted in the RAAF in March 1941, and left for England in September 1942 became a Pilot Officer, flying Lancaster bombers in
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