- Baron Bagot
Baron Bagot, of Bagot's Bromley in the
County of Stafford , is a title in thePeerage of Great Britain . It was created in 1780 for Sir William Bagot, 6th Baronet. The motto on the coat of arms is 'Antiquum obtinens' ('uphold the ancient'). The Bagot family has held land inStaffordshire 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 wasHigh Sheriff of Staffordshire in 1626 and on31 May 1627 he was created a Baronet, ofBlithfield Hall , in the County ofStaffordshire , in theBaronetage 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 aTory from 1754 to 1780. In the latter year he was raised to the peerage as Baron Bagot, of Bagot's Bromley in theCounty of Stafford . His grandson, the third Baron, sat as a ConservativeMember of Parliament for Denbighshire and after entering theHouse of Lords served as a government whip under the Earl of Derby andBenjamin 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. In 2007 the titles are held by the latter's son, the tenth Baron, who succeeded in 2001.
At
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 (see [http://www.baronetage.org/unproven.htm] ).The ancestral seat of the Bagot family is
Blithfield Hall inStaffordshire . A junior branch of the Bagot family had their seat atPype Hayes Hall ,Warwickshire . Another junior branch have their seat atLevens Hall ,Cumbria .Bagot Baronets, of Blithfield Hall (1627)
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Sir Hervey Bagot, 1st Baronet (1591-1660)
*Sir Edward Bagot, 2nd Baronet (1616-1673)
*Sir Walter Bagot, 3rd Baronet (1644-1704)
*Sir Edward Bagot, 4th Baronet (1674-1712)
*Sir Walter Wagstaffe Bagot, 5th Baronet (1702-1768)
*Sir William Bagot, 6th Baronet (1728-1798) (created Baron Bagot in 1780)Barons Bagot (1780)
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William Bagot, 1st Baron Bagot (1728-1798)
*William Bagot, 2nd Baron Bagot (1773-1856)
*William Bagot, 3rd Baron Bagot (1811-1887)
*William Bagot, 4th Baron Bagot (1857-1932)
*Gerald William Bagot, 5th Baron Bagot (1866-1946)
*Caryl Ernest Bagot, 6th Baron Bagot (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
*Right Reverend Lewis Bagot (1740-1802)
*Sir Charles Bagot (1781-1798)
*Right Reverend Richard Bagot (1782-1854)
*Josceline FitzRoy Bagot , MP for Kendalee also
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Blithfield Hall
*Bagot Baronets
*Levens Hall
*Pype Hayes Hall References
*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). "Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage" (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
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