Harriet Bagwell (née Newton; c. 1853–1937) was an Irish philanthropist and promoter of local cottage industry.
Bagwell provided these women with raw materials and designs, and organised their payment and sale of the produce.
The resulting Marlfield Embroideries was a success, and generated a great deal of income for the local community.
Bagwell's older half-sister from her father's first marriage, Mrs Anne Vesey, founded the Dunleckney Cottage Embroidery in 1889 and was modelled on Marlfield.
[1] Bagwell also established a society which provided penny meals to local people living in poverty, along with a registry office for servants.