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{{Quote|I assert our inalienable right to party.|Minister Bagnold defends the wizarding celebrations (that resulted in large breaches of the [[International Statute of Wizarding Secrecy|International Statute of Secrecy]]) on [[1 November]], [[1981]], the day after [[Tom Riddle|Lord Voldemort]]'s first downfall.|Pottermore}}
 
{{Quote|I assert our inalienable right to party.|Minister Bagnold defends the wizarding celebrations (that resulted in large breaches of the [[International Statute of Wizarding Secrecy|International Statute of Secrecy]]) on [[1 November]], [[1981]], the day after [[Tom Riddle|Lord Voldemort]]'s first downfall.|Pottermore}}
'''Minister Millicent Bagnold''' (fl. [[1960s|1963]]—[[1990]]) was a [[wizardkind|witch]] who served as the [[Great Britain|British]] [[Minister for Magic]] from [[1980]] to [[1990]].<ref name="wombat">Sixth question of the Third [[Wizards' Ordinary Magic and Basic Aptitude Test|W.O.M.B.A.T.]] at [[J.K.Rowling Official Site|J. K. Rowling's Official Site]]</ref> More notably, she was [[Minister for Magic]] at the time of [[James Potter I|James]] and [[Lily Evans|Lily Potter]]'s murders and [[Tom Riddle|Lord Voldemort]]'s first downfall, in [[1981]].<ref name="wombat"/><ref name="pottermore"/>
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'''Minister Millicent Bagnold''' was a [[wizardkind|witch]] who served as the [[Great Britain|British]] [[Minister for Magic]] from [[1980]] to [[1990]].<ref name="wombat">Sixth question of the Third [[Wizards' Ordinary Magic and Basic Aptitude Test|W.O.M.B.A.T.]] at [[J.K.Rowling Official Site|J. K. Rowling's Official Site]]</ref> More notably, she was [[Minister for Magic]] at the time of [[James Potter I|James]] and [[Lily Evans|Lily Potter]]'s murders and [[Tom Riddle|Lord Voldemort]]'s first downfall, in [[1981]].<ref name="wombat"/><ref name="pottermore"/>
   
 
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{{Quote|Famous Ravenclaw Ministers for Magic include Millicent Bagnold, who was in power on the night that Harry Potter survived the Dark Lord's curse, and defended the wizarding celebrations all over Britain with the words, 'I assert our inalienable right to party'.|[[Robert Hilliard]].|Pottermore}}
 
{{Quote|Famous Ravenclaw Ministers for Magic include Millicent Bagnold, who was in power on the night that Harry Potter survived the Dark Lord's curse, and defended the wizarding celebrations all over Britain with the words, 'I assert our inalienable right to party'.|[[Robert Hilliard]].|Pottermore}}
In [[1980]], at the height of the [[First Wizarding War]], Bagnold rose to the position of [[Minister for Magic]] of [[Great Britain]].<ref name="wombat"/> [[Bartemius Crouch Sr.]] was Head of the [[Department of Magical Law Enforcement]] during Ms. Bagnold's term, and it was by this time the [[Auror]]s were given authorisation to use the [[Unforgivable Curses]] against [[Death Eaters]].<ref name="GF27">''[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire]]'' - Chapter 27 (''Padfoot Returns'')</ref>
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In [[1980]], at the height of the [[First Wizarding War]], Bagnold rose to the position of [[Minister for Magic]] of [[Great Britain]].<ref name="wombat"/> [[Bartemius Crouch Sr.]] was Head of the [[Department of Magical Law Enforcement]] during Ms. Bagnold's term, as well as it was during this time that the [[Auror]]s were given authorization to use the [[Unforgivable Curses]] against [[Death Eaters]].<ref name="GF27">''[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire]]'' - Chapter 27 (''Padfoot Returns'')</ref>
   
 
[[File:VoldemortmurdersLily.JPG|thumb|250px|left|[[Tom Riddle|Lord Voldemort]] murders [[Lily Evans|Lily Potter]].]]
 
[[File:VoldemortmurdersLily.JPG|thumb|250px|left|[[Tom Riddle|Lord Voldemort]] murders [[Lily Evans|Lily Potter]].]]
She was in power when, in the evening of [[31 October]], [[1981]], [[Tom Riddle|Lord Voldemort]] led an [[Attack at Godric's Hollow (1981)|attack]] in [[Godric's Hollow]] that resulted in the deaths of [[James Potter I|James]] and [[Lily Evans|Lily Potter]], the destruction of [[Tom Riddle|Voldemort]]'s body, and the inadvertent creation of a [[Horcrux]], [[Harry Potter]]. The night that followed turned out to be the major upheaval of Bagnold's term in office, as [[wizardkind|wizards]] up and down the country started [[Fall of Lord Voldemort celebrations|celebrating]] [[Tom Riddle|Voldemort]]'s downfall and the end of the [[First Wizarding War]] in what became "a night of large-scale breaches of the [[International Statute of Wizarding Secrecy|International Wizarding Statute of Secrecy]]"<ref name="wombat"/><ref name="PS1">''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone]]'' - Chapter 1 (''The Boy Who Lived'')</ref> Bagnold defended these celebrations by famously stating she asserted the wizards' "inalienable right to party".<ref name="pottermore"/>
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She was in power when, on the evening of [[31 October|October 31]], [[1981]], [[Tom Riddle|Lord Voldemort]] led an [[Attack at Godric's Hollow (1981)|attack]] in [[Godric's Hollow]] that resulted in the deaths of [[James Potter I|James]] and [[Lily Evans|Lily Potter]], the destruction of [[Tom Riddle|Voldemort]]'s body, as well as the inadvertent creation of a [[Horcrux]], [[Harry Potter]]. The night that followed turned out to be the major upheaval of Bagnold's term in office since [[wizardkind|wizards]] up and down the country started [[Fall of Lord Voldemort celebrations|celebrating]] [[Tom Riddle|Voldemort]]'s downfall and the end of the [[First Wizarding War]] in what became "a night of large-scale breaches of the [[International Statute of Wizarding Secrecy|International Wizarding Statute of Secrecy]]"<ref name="wombat"/><ref name="PS1">''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone]]'' - Chapter 1 (''The Boy Who Lived'')</ref> Bagnold defended these celebrations by famously stating that she asserted the wizards' "inalienable right to party."<ref name="pottermore"/>
   
 
[[File:Wizengamot.jpg|right|thumb|300px|The [[Death Eaters|Death Eater]] trials before the [[Council of Magical Law]].]]
 
[[File:Wizengamot.jpg|right|thumb|300px|The [[Death Eaters|Death Eater]] trials before the [[Council of Magical Law]].]]
It was also during her term in office that [[Death Eaters]] [[Igor Karkaroff]], [[Rodolphus Lestrange|Rodolphus]], [[Rabastan Lestrange|Rabastan]] and [[Bellatrix Lestrange]], and [[Bartemius Crouch Jr.]] were rounded up and tried before the [[Council of Magical Law]], and sent to [[Azkaban]].<ref name="GF30">''[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire]]'' - Chapter 30 (''The Pensieve'')</ref> [[Sirius Black]] was falsely accused to be one of Voldemort's supporters and one of the responsibles for the murders of [[James Potter I|James]] and [[Lily Evans|Lily Potter]], and was sent to [[Azkaban]] without a trial.<ref name="GF27"/>
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It was also during her term in office that [[Death Eaters]] [[Igor Karkaroff]], [[Rodolphus Lestrange|Rodolphus]], [[Rabastan Lestrange|Rabastan]], [[Bellatrix Lestrange]], as well as [[Bartemius Crouch Jr.]] were rounded up and tried before the [[Council of Magical Law]] and sent to [[Azkaban]].<ref name="GF30">''[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire]]'' - Chapter 30 (''The Pensieve'')</ref> [[Sirius Black]] was falsely accused to be one of Voldemort's supporters and one of those responsible for the murders of [[James Potter I|James]] and [[Lily Evans|Lily Potter]] and was sent to [[Azkaban]] without a trial.<ref name="GF27"/>
   
After Bagnold's retirement in [[1990]], it was unclear who would succeed her. In the early [[1980s]], [[Bartemius Crouch Sr.]] was very likely to suceed Bagnold, but his popularity was tarnished after the scandal in which he sent his own son to [[Azkaban]].<ref name="GF27"/> [[Albus Dumbledore]] also had a lot of popular support to be her successor, but he never expressed any desire to take the Minister's job, so [[Cornelius Fudge]] took the post instead.<ref name="PS5">''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone]]'' - Chapter 5 (''Diagon Alley'')</ref><ref name="OP5">''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix]]'' - Chapter 5 (''The Order of the Phoenix'')</ref>
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After Bagnold's retirement in [[1990]], it was unclear who would succeed her. In the early [[1980s]], [[Bartemius Crouch Sr.]] was very likely to succeed Bagnold, but his popularity was tarnished after the scandal in which he sent his own son to [[Azkaban]].<ref name="GF27"/> [[Albus Dumbledore]] also had a lot of popular support to be her successor, but he never expressed any desire to take the Minister's job, so [[Cornelius Fudge]] took the post instead.<ref name="PS5">''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone]]'' - Chapter 5 (''Diagon Alley'')</ref><ref name="OP5">''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix]]'' - Chapter 5 (''The Order of the Phoenix'')</ref>
   
On [[1 September]], [[1991]], [[Prefect]] [[Robert Hilliard]] welcomed the [[Ravenclaw]] [[first year]]s to [[Ravenclaw Tower]] with a short speech in which he mentioned former Minister Millicent Bagnold as one of the many notable Hogwarts students who had been [[Sorting ceremony|Sorted]], like them, into Ravenclaw.<ref name="pottermore"/>
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On [[1 September|September 1]], [[1991]], [[Prefect]] [[Robert Hilliard]] welcomed the [[Ravenclaw]] [[first year]]s to [[Ravenclaw Tower]] with a short speech in which he mentioned former Minister Millicent Bagnold as one of the many notable Hogwarts students who had been [[Sorting ceremony|Sorted]], like them, into Ravenclaw.<ref name="pottermore"/>
   
 
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"I assert our inalienable right to party."
— Minister Bagnold defends the wizarding celebrations (that resulted in large breaches of the International Statute of Secrecy) on 1 November, 1981, the day after Lord Voldemort's first downfall.[src]

Minister Millicent Bagnold was a witch who served as the British Minister for Magic from 1980 to 1990.[3] More notably, she was Minister for Magic at the time of James and Lily Potter's murders and Lord Voldemort's first downfall, in 1981.[3][2]

Biography

Early life

Ms. Bagnold was born in or prior to 1963,[1] somewhere in the British Isles. In her youth, she attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, where she was Sorted into Ravenclaw.[2]

As Minister for Magic

"Famous Ravenclaw Ministers for Magic include Millicent Bagnold, who was in power on the night that Harry Potter survived the Dark Lord's curse, and defended the wizarding celebrations all over Britain with the words, 'I assert our inalienable right to party'."
Robert Hilliard.[src]

In 1980, at the height of the First Wizarding War, Bagnold rose to the position of Minister for Magic of Great Britain.[3] Bartemius Crouch Sr. was Head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement during Ms. Bagnold's term, as well as it was during this time that the Aurors were given authorization to use the Unforgivable Curses against Death Eaters.[4]

VoldemortmurdersLily

Lord Voldemort murders Lily Potter.

She was in power when, on the evening of October 31, 1981, Lord Voldemort led an attack in Godric's Hollow that resulted in the deaths of James and Lily Potter, the destruction of Voldemort's body, as well as the inadvertent creation of a Horcrux, Harry Potter. The night that followed turned out to be the major upheaval of Bagnold's term in office since wizards up and down the country started celebrating Voldemort's downfall and the end of the First Wizarding War in what became "a night of large-scale breaches of the International Wizarding Statute of Secrecy"[3][5] Bagnold defended these celebrations by famously stating that she asserted the wizards' "inalienable right to party."[2]

Wizengamot

The Death Eater trials before the Council of Magical Law.

It was also during her term in office that Death Eaters Igor Karkaroff, Rodolphus, Rabastan, Bellatrix Lestrange, as well as Bartemius Crouch Jr. were rounded up and tried before the Council of Magical Law and sent to Azkaban.[6] Sirius Black was falsely accused to be one of Voldemort's supporters and one of those responsible for the murders of James and Lily Potter and was sent to Azkaban without a trial.[4]

After Bagnold's retirement in 1990, it was unclear who would succeed her. In the early 1980s, Bartemius Crouch Sr. was very likely to succeed Bagnold, but his popularity was tarnished after the scandal in which he sent his own son to Azkaban.[4] Albus Dumbledore also had a lot of popular support to be her successor, but he never expressed any desire to take the Minister's job, so Cornelius Fudge took the post instead.[7][8]

On September 1, 1991, Prefect Robert Hilliard welcomed the Ravenclaw first years to Ravenclaw Tower with a short speech in which he mentioned former Minister Millicent Bagnold as one of the many notable Hogwarts students who had been Sorted, like them, into Ravenclaw.[2]

Behind the scenes

  • Bagnold's term in office was almost the same as Muggle Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's (1979-90).
  • She shares the same first name as Hogwarts Slytherin student Millicent Bulstrode.

Etymology

  • The name "Millicent" is from the Germanic name Amalasuintha, composed of the elements amal "work, labour" and swinþ "strength".
  • Her last name is probably derived from the English author and playwright Enid Bagnold.

Appearances

Notes and references

  1. 1.0 1.1 Bagnold had to be of age (17) at the time of her accession to the office of Minister, which was in 1980.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Pottermore introduction for Ravenclaws (transcription available here)
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Sixth question of the Third W.O.M.B.A.T. at J. K. Rowling's Official Site
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - Chapter 27 (Padfoot Returns)
  5. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone - Chapter 1 (The Boy Who Lived)
  6. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - Chapter 30 (The Pensieve)
  7. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone - Chapter 5 (Diagon Alley)
  8. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - Chapter 5 (The Order of the Phoenix)


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