Baron Bagot

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Barony of Bagot
Coronet of a British Baron.svg
Bagot arms.svg
Ermine, two chevronels azure
Creation date12 October 1780
Created by King George III
Peerage Peerage of Great Britain
First holder William Bagot, 1st Baron Bagot
Present holderCharles Bagot, 10th Baron Bagot
Heir presumptiveJulian William D'Arcy Bagot
Remainder tothe 1st Baron's heirs male of the body lawfully begotten
Seat(s) Blithfield Hall

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.

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Bagot family

The Bagot family has held land in Staffordshire 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. [1] 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. As of 2014 the titles are held by the latter's son, the tenth Baron, who succeeded in 2001.

Since 30 June 2006, the present Baron Bagot has not successfully proven his succession to the baronetcy and is not therefore on the Official Roll of the Baronetage. However, the case is under review by the Registrar of the Baronetage. [2]

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.

Coat of arms

Bagot arms: Ermine, two chevronels azure Bagot family crest.jpg
Bagot arms: Ermine, two chevronels azure
Blithfield Hall, Staffordshire North West View of Blithfield; Staffordshire, the Seat of the Right Hon'ble, Lord Bagot.jpg
Blithfield Hall, Staffordshire

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". [4]

Bagot baronets, of Blithfield Hall (1627)

Barons Bagot (1780)

The heir presumptive is the present holder's third cousin, Julian William D'Arcy Bagot (born 1943).
There are no further heirs to the barony or baronetcy.

Male-line family tree

Male-line family tree, Bagot baronets and Barons Bagot.
Bagot baronetcy
of Blithfield Hall
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 Bagot
5th Baronet

1702–1768
Baron Bagot
William Bagot
1st Baron Bagot

1728–1798
Edward Bagot
1763–1773
Walter Bagot
1766–1773
William Bagot
2nd Baron Bagot

1773–1856
Rt Hon.
Sir Charles Bagot
1781–1843
Rt Rev. Hon.
Richard Bagot
1782–1854
William Bagot
3rd Baron Bagot

1811–1887
Rev. Hon.
Hervey Bagot
1812–1879
Hon.
Alfred Bagot
1816–1891
Col.
Charles Bagot
1808–1881
George Bagot
1820–1907
Col.
Alexander Bagot
1822–1874
Maj. Gen.
Edward Bagot
1808–1874
William Bagot
1809–1810
V. Adm.
Henry Bagot
1810–1877
Rev.
Charles Bagot
1812–1886
Rev.
Lewis Bagot
1813–1870
Maj.
George Bagot
1818–1867
Richard Bagot
1821–1840
Rev.
Frederic Bagot
1822–1892
William Bagot
4th Baron Bagot

1857–1932
Maj. Hon.
Walter Bagot
1864–1927
Maj.
Josceline Bagot
1854–1913
Alan Bagot
1859–1885
Richard Bagot
1860–1921
Charles Bagot
1853–1901
Arthur Bagot
1856–1906
Francis Bagot
1858–1861
Lt Col.
Ponsonby Bagot
1845–1921
Lt Col.
Villiers Bagot
1847–1929
Arthur Bagot
1849–1915
Henry Bagot
1860–1908
Claud Bagot
1865–1930
Gerald Bagot
5th Baron Bagot

1866–1946
Rev.
Lewis Bagot
1846–1922
Ernest Bagot
1848–1901
Walter Bagot
1852–1882
Charles Bagot
1858–1939
Hugh Bagot
1860–1919
Cecil Bagot
1865–1940
Harold Bagot
1867–1894
Rev.
Sidney Bagot
1873–1933
Bagot baronetcy
of Levens Hall
2nd Lt.
Edward Bagot
1896–1916
Sir Alan Bagot
1st Baronet
1896–1920
Hervey Bagot
1885–1886
Lt.
Frederic Bagot
1888–1916
Caryl Bagot
6th Baron Bagot

1877–1961
Henry Bagot
7th Baron Bagot

1894–1973
Walter Bagot
8th Baron Bagot

1897–1979
Heneage Bagot
9th Baron Bagot

1914–2001
Lt Col.
Charles Bagot
1912–1986
Baronetcy extinct
Charles Bagot
10th Baron Bagot

born 1944
Richard Bagot
1941–2015
Julian Bagot
born 1943

Bagot baronets, of Levens Hall (1913)

Other notable Bagots

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