Baron Bagot
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Baron Bagot, of Bagot's Bromley in the County of Stafford, is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain
. It was created on 12 October 1780 for Sir William Bagot, 6th Baronet
.
since at least the 11th century. One member of the family, Hervey Bagot
, represented Staffordshire
in Parliament and fought as a Royalist
in the Civil War
. He was High Sheriff of Staffordshire
in 1626 and on 31 May 1627 he was created a Baronet, of Blithfield Hall
, in the County of Staffordshire
, in the Baronetage of England. His son (the second Baronet), grandson (third Baronet) and great-grandson (fourth Baronet) also represented Staffordshire
in the House of Commons
.
The latter's son, the fifth Baronet, sat as a Member of Parliament
for Staffordshire
as well as for Newcastle-under-Lyme
and Oxford University
. He was succeeded by his son, the aforementioned sixth Baronet. He represented Staffordshire
in Parliament as a Tory
from 1754 to 1780. In the latter year he was raised to the peerage as Baron Bagot, of Bagot's Bromley in the County of Stafford. His grandson, the third Baron, sat as a Conservative
Member of Parliament
for Denbighshire
and after entering the House of Lords
served as a government whip under the Earl of Derby
and Benjamin Disraeli.
On the death of his son, the fourth Baron, the line of the eldest son of the first Baron failed. The titles passed to his second cousin, the fifth Baron. He was the son of Vice-Admiral Henry Bagot, third son of the Right Reverend the Hon. Richard Bagot, Bishop of Oxford
and of Bath and Wells
, fifth son of the first Baron. He was succeeded by his first cousin once removed, the sixth Baron. He was the son of Reverend Lewis Richard Charles Bagot, eldest son of Reverend Charles Walter Bagot, fourth son of the aforementioned Richard Bagot, fifth son of the first Baron. When he died the titles were inherited by his first cousin, the seventh Baron. He was the son of Charles Frederick Heneage Bagot, fourth son of Reverend Charles Walter Bagot (see above). On his death the titles passed to his younger brother, the eighth Baron, and then to their half-brother, the ninth Baron. the titles are held by the latter's son, the tenth Baron, who succeeded in 2001.
As of 30 June 2006, the present holder of the barony has not successfully proven his succession to the Bagot baronetcy and is therefore not on the Official Roll of the Baronetage. However, the case is under review by the Registrar of the Baronetage.
The ancestral seat of the Bagot family is Blithfield Hall
in Staffordshire
. A junior branch of the Bagot family had their seat at Pype Hayes Hall
, Warwickshire
. Another junior branch have their seat at Levens Hall
, Cumbria
.
Peerage of Great Britain
The Peerage of Great Britain comprises all extant peerages created in the Kingdom of Great Britain after the Act of Union 1707 but before the Act of Union 1800...
. It was created on 12 October 1780 for Sir William Bagot, 6th Baronet
William Bagot, 1st Baron Bagot
William Bagot, 1st Baron Bagot , known as Sir William Bagot, 6th Baronet from 1768 to 1780, was a British politician.Bagot was the son of Sir Walter Bagot, 5th Baronet, and his wife Lady Barbara Legge...
.
Bagot family
The Bagot family has held land in StaffordshireStaffordshire
Staffordshire is a landlocked county in the West Midlands region of England. For Eurostat purposes, the county is a NUTS 3 region and is one of four counties or unitary districts that comprise the "Shropshire and Staffordshire" NUTS 2 region. Part of the National Forest lies within its borders...
since at least the 11th century. One member of the family, Hervey Bagot
Sir Hervey Bagot, 1st Baronet
Sir Hervey Bagot, 1st Baronet was an English MP.He was born in Checkley, Staffordshire, the son of Walter Bagot and Elizabeth Cave. He matriculated at Trinity College, Oxford University on November 18, 1608...
, represented Staffordshire
Staffordshire (UK Parliament constituency)
Staffordshire was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1832...
in Parliament and fought as a Royalist
Cavalier
Cavalier was the name used by Parliamentarians for a Royalist supporter of King Charles I and son Charles II during the English Civil War, the Interregnum, and the Restoration...
in the Civil War
English Civil War
The English Civil War was a series of armed conflicts and political machinations between Parliamentarians and Royalists...
. He was High Sheriff of Staffordshire
High Sheriff of Staffordshire
This is a list of the High Sheriffs of Staffordshire.The High Sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown. Formerly the High Sheriff was the principal law enforcement officer in the county but over the centuries most of the responsibilities associated with the post have been transferred...
in 1626 and on 31 May 1627 he was created a Baronet, of Blithfield Hall
Blithfield Hall
Blithfield Hall , is a privately owned Grade I listed country house in Staffordshire, England, situated some east of Stafford, southwest of Uttoxeter and north of Rugeley....
, in the County of Staffordshire
Staffordshire
Staffordshire is a landlocked county in the West Midlands region of England. For Eurostat purposes, the county is a NUTS 3 region and is one of four counties or unitary districts that comprise the "Shropshire and Staffordshire" NUTS 2 region. Part of the National Forest lies within its borders...
, in the Baronetage of England. His son (the second Baronet), grandson (third Baronet) and great-grandson (fourth Baronet) also represented Staffordshire
Staffordshire (UK Parliament constituency)
Staffordshire was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1832...
in the House of Commons
British House of Commons
The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also comprises the Sovereign and the House of Lords . Both Commons and Lords meet in the Palace of Westminster. The Commons is a democratically elected body, consisting of 650 members , who are known as Members...
.
The latter's son, the fifth Baronet, sat as a Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
for Staffordshire
Staffordshire (UK Parliament constituency)
Staffordshire was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1832...
as well as for Newcastle-under-Lyme
Newcastle-under-Lyme (UK Parliament constituency)
Newcastle-under-Lyme is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election.- History :...
and Oxford University
Oxford University (UK Parliament constituency)
Oxford University was a university constituency electing two members to the British House of Commons, from 1603 to 1950.-Boundaries, Electorate and Electoral System:...
. He was succeeded by his son, the aforementioned sixth Baronet. He represented Staffordshire
Staffordshire (UK Parliament constituency)
Staffordshire was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1832...
in Parliament as a Tory
Tory
Toryism is a traditionalist and conservative political philosophy which grew out of the Cavalier faction in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. It is a prominent ideology in the politics of the United Kingdom, but also features in parts of The Commonwealth, particularly in Canada...
from 1754 to 1780. In the latter year he was raised to the peerage as Baron Bagot, of Bagot's Bromley in the County of Stafford. His grandson, the third Baron, sat as a Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)
The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
for Denbighshire
Denbighshire (UK Parliament constituency)
Denbighshire was a county constituency in Denbighshire, in north Wales, from 1542 to 1885.- History :From 1542, it returned one Member of Parliament , traditionally known as the knight of the shire, to the House of Commons of the Parliament of England until 1707, then to the Parliament of Great...
and after entering the House of Lords
House of Lords
The House of Lords is the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Like the House of Commons, it meets in the Palace of Westminster....
served as a government whip under the Earl of Derby
Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby
Edward George Geoffrey Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby, KG, PC was an English statesman, three times Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, and to date the longest serving leader of the Conservative Party. He was known before 1834 as Edward Stanley, and from 1834 to 1851 as Lord Stanley...
and Benjamin Disraeli.
On the death of his son, the fourth Baron, the line of the eldest son of the first Baron failed. The titles passed to his second cousin, the fifth Baron. He was the son of Vice-Admiral Henry Bagot, third son of the Right Reverend the Hon. Richard Bagot, Bishop of Oxford
Bishop of Oxford
The Bishop of Oxford is the diocesan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Oxford in the Province of Canterbury; his seat is at Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford...
and of Bath and Wells
Bishop of Bath and Wells
The Bishop of Bath and Wells heads the Church of England Diocese of Bath and Wells in the Province of Canterbury in England.The present diocese covers the vast majority of the county of Somerset and a small area of Dorset. The Episcopal seat is located in the Cathedral Church of Saint Andrew in...
, fifth son of the first Baron. He was succeeded by his first cousin once removed, the sixth Baron. He was the son of Reverend Lewis Richard Charles Bagot, eldest son of Reverend Charles Walter Bagot, fourth son of the aforementioned Richard Bagot, fifth son of the first Baron. When he died the titles were inherited by his first cousin, the seventh Baron. He was the son of Charles Frederick Heneage Bagot, fourth son of Reverend Charles Walter Bagot (see above). On his death the titles passed to his younger brother, the eighth Baron, and then to their half-brother, the ninth Baron. the titles are held by the latter's son, the tenth Baron, who succeeded in 2001.
As of 30 June 2006, the present holder of the barony has not successfully proven his succession to the Bagot baronetcy and is therefore not on the Official Roll of the Baronetage. However, the case is under review by the Registrar of the Baronetage.
The ancestral seat of the Bagot family is Blithfield Hall
Blithfield Hall
Blithfield Hall , is a privately owned Grade I listed country house in Staffordshire, England, situated some east of Stafford, southwest of Uttoxeter and north of Rugeley....
in Staffordshire
Staffordshire
Staffordshire is a landlocked county in the West Midlands region of England. For Eurostat purposes, the county is a NUTS 3 region and is one of four counties or unitary districts that comprise the "Shropshire and Staffordshire" NUTS 2 region. Part of the National Forest lies within its borders...
. A junior branch of the Bagot family had their seat at Pype Hayes Hall
Pype Hayes Hall
Pype Hayes Hall is a former mansion house in the Pype Hayes area of Erdington, Birmingham, West Midlands. The hall is in Pype Hayes Park by by the gardens. It was formerly in the historic county of Warwickshire before being transferred into the new county of the West Midlands along with the rest...
, Warwickshire
Warwickshire
Warwickshire is a landlocked non-metropolitan county in the West Midlands region of England. The county town is Warwick, although the largest town is Nuneaton. The county is famous for being the birthplace of William Shakespeare...
. Another junior branch have their seat at Levens Hall
Levens Hall
Levens Hall is a manor house in the county of Cumbria in northern England. The first house on the site was a pele tower built by the Redman family in around 1350. Much of the present building dates from the Elizabethan era, when the Bellingham family extended the house...
, Cumbria
Cumbria
Cumbria , is a non-metropolitan county in North West England. The county and Cumbria County Council, its local authority, came into existence in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972. Cumbria's largest settlement and county town is Carlisle. It consists of six districts, and in...
.
Coat of arms
The heraldic blazon for the coat of arms of the barony is: Ermine, two chevrons azure. This can be translated as: a white shield with black ermine spots, over the top two thin blue chevrons. Crest: out of a ducal coronet of five leaves or, a goat's head argent, armed gold; supporters: two goats argent, armed and bearded or; motto: Antiquum Obtinens "possessing antiquity".Bagot Baronets, of Blithfield Hall (1627)
- Sir Hervey Bagot, 1st BaronetSir Hervey Bagot, 1st BaronetSir Hervey Bagot, 1st Baronet was an English MP.He was born in Checkley, Staffordshire, the son of Walter Bagot and Elizabeth Cave. He matriculated at Trinity College, Oxford University on November 18, 1608...
(1591–1660) - Sir Edward Bagot, 2nd BaronetSir Edward Bagot, 2nd BaronetSir Edward Bagot, 2nd Baronet succeeded to the title 2nd Baronet of Blithfield Hall in the Baronetage of England on the death of his father Sir Hervey Bagot in 1660....
(1616–1673) - Sir Walter Bagot, 3rd BaronetSir Walter Bagot, 3rd BaronetSir Walter Bagot, 3rd Baronet , a barrister and landowner, succeeded to the title 3rd Baronet of Blithfield Hall, Staffordshire on the death of his father Sir Edward Bagot in 1673....
(1644–1704) - Sir Edward Bagot, 4th BaronetSir Edward Bagot, 4th BaronetSir Edward Bagot, 4th Baronet succeeded to the Baronetcy of Blithfield Hall, Staffordshire on the death of his father Sir Walter Bagot in 1704.He was educated at Christ Church, Oxford...
(1674–1712) - Sir Walter Wagstaffe Bagot, 5th BaronetSir Walter Bagot, 5th BaronetSir Walter Wagstaffe Bagot, 5th Baronet was 5th Baronet in the Baronetcy of Blithfield in the Baronetage of England...
(1702–1768) - Sir William Bagot, 6th BaronetWilliam Bagot, 1st Baron BagotWilliam Bagot, 1st Baron Bagot , known as Sir William Bagot, 6th Baronet from 1768 to 1780, was a British politician.Bagot was the son of Sir Walter Bagot, 5th Baronet, and his wife Lady Barbara Legge...
(1728–1798) (created Baron Bagot in 1780)
Barons Bagot (1780)
- William Bagot, 1st Baron BagotWilliam Bagot, 1st Baron BagotWilliam Bagot, 1st Baron Bagot , known as Sir William Bagot, 6th Baronet from 1768 to 1780, was a British politician.Bagot was the son of Sir Walter Bagot, 5th Baronet, and his wife Lady Barbara Legge...
(1728–1798) - William Bagot, 2nd Baron BagotWilliam Bagot, 2nd Baron BagotWilliam Bagot, 2nd Baron Bagot was a British peer.William Bagot was born in London, the eldest son of William Bagot, 1st Baron Bagot, and his second wife Elizabeth Louisa St John. He was educated at Westminster School and matriculated at Christ Church College, Oxford on 10 November 1791. He...
(1773–1856) - William Bagot, 3rd Baron BagotWilliam Bagot, 3rd Baron BagotWilliam Bagot, 3rd Baron Bagot DL , styled The Honourable from birth until 1856, was a British courtier and Conservative politician.-Background:...
(1811–1887) - William Bagot, 4th Baron BagotWilliam Bagot, 4th Baron BagotWilliam Bagot, 4th Baron Bagot JP was a British peer and Conservative politician.Bagot was the eldest son of William Bagot, 3rd Baron Bagot, and his wife the Hon. Lucia Caroline Elizabeth, daughter of George Agar-Ellis, 1st Baron Dover, and was educated at Eton...
(1857–1932) - Gerald William Bagot, 5th Baron BagotGerald Bagot, 5th Baron BagotGerald William Bagot, 5th Baron Bagot was the son of Vice-Admiral Henry Bagot and Eleanor Chandos-Pole. He succeeded to the Barony of Bagot's Bromley and the Baronetcy of Blithfield Hall on the death of his second cousin William Bagot, 4th Baron Bagot on 23 December 1932.He was educated at...
(1866–1946) - Caryl Ernest Bagot, 6th Baron BagotCaryl Bagot, 6th Baron BagotCaryl Ernest Bagot, 6th Baron Bagot was the son of Rev. Lewis Richard Charles Bagot Vicar of Stanton Lacy, Shropshire...
(1877–1961) - Harry Eric Bagot, 7th Baron Bagot (1894–1973)
- Reginald Walter Bagot, 8th Baron Bagot (1897–1979)
- Heneage Charles Bagot, 9th Baron Bagot (1914–2001)
- Charles Hugh Shaun Bagot, 10th Baron Bagot (b. 1944)
Other notable Bagots
- Sir Charles BagotCharles BagotSir Charles Bagot, GCB was an English diplomat and colonial administrator who served as Governor General of the Province of Canada 1841-1843)....
(1781–1798) - Josceline FitzRoy BagotJosceline BagotJosceline Fitzroy Bagot was an English soldier and politician.Josceline Fitzroy Bagot was born in Ashtead, Surrey, the son of Col. Charles Bagot and Sophia Louisa Percy. He married on June 11, 1885 Theodosia Leslie, daughter of Sir John Leslie...
,(1854-1913) MP for Kendal - Right Reverend Lewis BagotLewis BagotLewis Bagot MA was an English cleric, the fifth son of Sir Walter Wagstaffe Bagot of Blithfield Hall, Staffordshire, and younger brother of William, Lord Bagot....
(1740–1802) - Right Reverend Richard BagotRichard Bagot (bishop)Richard Bagot was an English cleric.He was a son of William Bagot, 1st Baron Bagot of Blithfield Hall, Staffordshire...
(1782–1854) - Reverend Walter Bagot (1731-1806)
- Sir William Bagot (politician)William Bagot (politician)Sir William Bagot was a politician and administrator under Richard II.William Bagot was a Warwickshire man who began his career in politics in Warwickshire under the Earl of Warwick. In addition, he also served both John of Gaunt and his son Henry Bolingbroke, as well as Thomas de Mowbray, 1st...
(died 1407)
See also
- Blithfield HallBlithfield HallBlithfield Hall , is a privately owned Grade I listed country house in Staffordshire, England, situated some east of Stafford, southwest of Uttoxeter and north of Rugeley....
- Bagot BaronetsBagot Baronets- Bagot of Levens Hall, Westmorland :*Sir Alan Desmond Bagot, 1st Baronet...
- Bagot goatBagot goatThe Bagot goat is a breed of goat which for several hundred years has lived semi-wild at Blithfield Hall, Staffordshire, England. It is a small goat, with a black head and neck and the remainder of the body white...
- Levens HallLevens HallLevens Hall is a manor house in the county of Cumbria in northern England. The first house on the site was a pele tower built by the Redman family in around 1350. Much of the present building dates from the Elizabethan era, when the Bellingham family extended the house...
- Pype Hayes HallPype Hayes HallPype Hayes Hall is a former mansion house in the Pype Hayes area of Erdington, Birmingham, West Midlands. The hall is in Pype Hayes Park by by the gardens. It was formerly in the historic county of Warwickshire before being transferred into the new county of the West Midlands along with the rest...