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Louis John Baggott (3 February 1891 – 9 April 1965) was an Anglican priest and author.

Baggott was educated at Queens' College, Cambridge and Ridley Hall, Cambridge. He was ordained deacon in 1915, and Priest in 1916. After a curacy at St Andrew, Drypool he was a chaplain to the Forces. When peace returned he was chaplain at the Tower of London. He was a curate at Bath Abbey from 1920 to 1923; vicar of Christ Church, Sefton Park from 1923 to 1928; rector of Newcastle-under-Lyme from 1928 to 1933; vicar of Clifton from 1933 to 1936; rural dean of Clifton from 1935 to 1936; vicar of Beverley Minster with Tickton from 1936 to 1942; and vicar of Great Yarmouth from 1942 to 1955. archdeacon of Norfolk and Residentiary Canon of Norwich Cathedral from 1955 until his retirement in 1962.

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1. London Gazette
2. Amongst others he wrote "The Faith for the Faithful", 1928; "This Generation and Its Spiritual Needs", 1937; "Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring", 1947; "A New Approach to Colossians", 1961; "The Seven Penitential Psalms", 1963; "Spiritual Priorities", 1963; and "Pilgrim in the Modern World", 1964 > British Library web site accessed 17:23 GMT Friday 23 December 2016
3. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1929–30 p47 London: Oxford University Press, 1929
4. ‘BAGGOTT, Ven. Louis John’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014; online edn, April 2014 accessed 23 Dec 2016
5. Ecclesiastical News. The Times (London, England), Friday, 23 February 1962; pg. 12; Issue 55323

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