{{Short description|Australian politician}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{notability|1=Biographies|date=February 2021}}
thumb|200px|Hagon in 1916 '''Richard Charles Hagon''' (1 November 1855 – 10 December 1944) was an Australian independent politician who served as Lord Mayor of Sydney in 1933. A merchant tailor by profession, Hagon served his first term as an alderman for the City of Sydney from 1909 to 1924, and his second from 1930 until his resignation in 1935.<ref name=Dictionary>{{Cite web|url=https://dictionaryofsydney.org/person/hagon_richard_charles|title=Hagon, Richard Charles|website=Dictionary of Sydney|accessdate=18 February 2021}}</ref><ref name=Aldermen>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sydneyaldermen.com.au/alderman/richard-hagon/|website=Sydney's Aldermen|publisher=City of Sydney|title=Richard Charles Hagon|accessdate=18 February 2021}}</ref>
Hagon was born in Hobart Town, Van Diemen's Land. The colony was officially renamed Tasmania less than two months after his birth. He was married and had five children. On 10 December 1944, he died at his residence in Edgecliff, Sydney, aged 89. He was interred at Waverley Cemetery.<ref name=Dictionary/>
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