Barony of Bagot

Ermine, two chevronels azure
Creation date12 October 1780
Created byKing George III
PeeragePeerage of Great Britain
First holderWilliam 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.

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[3]
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)

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

Other notable Bagots

See also

References

  1. ↑ Cokayne, George Edward, ed. (1902), Complete Baronetage volume 2 (1625-1649), vol. 2, Exeter: William Pollard and Co, retrieved 5 May 2019
  2. ↑ Unproven aristocratic lineages Archived 9 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ↑ Debrett's Peerage, 1968, p. 105.
  4. ↑ Debrett's Illustrated Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage and Companionage, London: Odhams Press, 1950, p. 99.

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