Baron Bagot

Barony of Bagot
Ermine, two chevronels azure
Creation date	12 October 1780
Created by	King George III
Peerage	Peerage of Great Britain
First holder	William Bagot, 1st Baron Bagot
Present holder	Charles Bagot, 10th Baron Bagot
Heir presumptive	Julian William D'Arcy Bagot
Remainder to	the 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.

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. 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.

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

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".

Bagot baronets, of Blithfield Hall (1627)

• 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)

• 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 (born 1944)

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)

• Sir Alan Bagot, 1st Baronet (1896–1920)

Other notable Bagots

• Sir Charles Bagot (1781–1798), politician, diplomat and colonial administrator, fourth son of the 1st Baron.
• Josceline Bagot (1854–1913), MP for Kendal, grandson of Sir Charles Bagot.
• Rt Rev. Lewis Bagot (1740–1802), fifth son of the 5th Baronet.
• Rt Rev. Richard Bagot (1782–1854), fifth son of the 1st Baron.
• Rev. Walter Bagot (1731–1806), third son of the 5th Baronet.
• Sir William Bagot (died 1407), politician, an ancestral uncle of the 1st Baronet.

See also

• Blithfield Hall
• Bagot baronets
• Bagot goat
• Levens Hall
• Pype Hayes Hall

Further reading

• Hesilrige, Arthur G. M. (1921). Debrett's Peerage and Titles of courtesy. London: London: Dean & son, limited. p. 83.
• Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages
• This page incorporates information from Leigh Rayment's Baronetage Page which has further dates on it, not shown above.
• Lundy, Darryl. "FAQ". The Peerage.
• Bagot Memorials

External links

• Guide to the Bagot Family Papers, 1428–1671 (bulk 1557–1671), Folger Shakespeare Library