Francis Westby Bagshawe was an English landowner who served as High Sheriff of Derbyshire in 1868.

Bagshawe was born at Norton, Derbyshire, the son of WIlliam John Bagshawe of Wormhill

Wormhill

Wormhill is a village in Derbyshire, England, situated east by north of Buxton.Wormhill was mentioned in the Domesday book as belonging to Henry de Ferrers and containing of meadow. The name is said by the English Place-Name Society to be derived from the Old English 'Wyrma's hyll'.There was a...

 Hall Derbyshire, a barrister and his wife Sarah Partridge. He was educated at Uppingham School

Uppingham School

Uppingham School is a co-educational independent school of the English public school tradition, situated in the small town of Uppingham in Rutland, England...

 from 1848 and admitted at Trinity College, Cambridge

Trinity College, Cambridge

Trinity College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Trinity has more members than any other college in Cambridge or Oxford, with around 700 undergraduates, 430 graduates, and over 170 Fellows...

 on 12 June 1851, being awarded BA in 1855 and MA in 1860.

Bagshawe succeeded to the estates of his elder brother, the renowned oarsman William Bagshawe

William Bagshawe

William Leonard Gill Bagshawe was an English landowner and rower who won the Diamond Challenge Sculls at Henley Royal Regatta in 1848....

, in 1854 after William was killed in an affray with poachers at Millers Dale

Millers Dale

Millers Dale is a valley on the River Wye in Derbyshire.It is a popular beauty spot in the Peak District of England, much of the area being preserved as a Site of Special Scientific Interest. Nearby is Ravenstor and Cheedale, both popular with rock-climbers...

. The estates included Oakes, near Sheffield, Wormhill Hall, Derbyshire and Cotes Hall which he sold in 1883. In 1862 he was promoted to Lieutenant in the Yorkshire Yeomanry Cavalry. He was J.P.

Justice of the Peace

A justice of the peace is a puisne judicial officer elected or appointed by means of a commission to keep the peace. Depending on the jurisdiction, they might dispense summary justice or merely deal with local administrative applications in common law jurisdictions...

 and Deputy Lieutenant

Deputy Lieutenant

In the United Kingdom, a Deputy Lieutenant is one of several deputies to the Lord Lieutenant of a lieutenancy area; an English ceremonial county, Welsh preserved county, Scottish lieutenancy area, or Northern Irish county borough or county....

 for Derbyshire and J.P. for the West Riding on Yorkshire. In 1868 he was High Sheriff of Derbyshire

High Sheriff of Derbyshire

This is a list of High Sheriffs of Derbyshire from 1568.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...

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Bagshawe died at the age of 64 and was buried at St Margaret's, Wormhill.

Bagshawe married Caroline Ameila Cloyne and had two daughters.