Caryl Ernest Bagot, 6th Baron Bagot (9 March 1877 – 5 August 1961) was the son of Rev. Lewis Richard Charles Bagot (1846-1922) Vicar of Stanton Lacy

Stanton Lacy

Stanton Lacy is a small village and civil parish located in Shropshire, England.One quarter of Ludlow Racecourse and the Ludlow Golf Club is located in the parish, to the south of the village...

, Shropshire

Shropshire

Shropshire is a 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. It borders Wales to the west...

. He succeeded to the Barony of Bagot's Bromley

Baron Bagot

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.-Bagot family:...

 and the Baronetcy of Blithfield Hall on the death of his cousin Gerald Bagot, 5th Baron Bagot

Gerald Bagot, 5th Baron Bagot

Gerald 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...

 on 5 April 1946.

He was educated at Radley College

Radley College

Radley College , founded in 1847, is a British independent school for boys on the edge of the English village of Radley, near to the market town of Abingdon in Oxfordshire, and has become a well-established boarding school...

, Abingdon

Abingdon, Oxfordshire

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 and served in the Irish Guards

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 in World War I

World War I

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 reaching the rank of Lieutenant.

He married twice; firstly in 1911 and secondly to Nancy Spicer of Sydney

Sydney

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, Australia

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 in 1940.

His predecessor the 5th Baron had sold the family estate at 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....

, Staffordshire in 1945 to a waterworks company. He was able to buy back the house and 30 acres (121,405.8 m²) of land and began a long programme of renovation and restoration of the property. In 1956 he was able to open the house to the public.

On his death he bequeathed the property to his widow Nancy, Lady Bagot and to the family of his sister Enid Bagot Jewitt.

He was succeeded by his cousin Henry