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

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in the Civil War. He was

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in 1626 and on 31 May 1627 he was created a

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, of

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, 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

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. The latter's son, the fifth Baronet, sat as a

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for Staffordshire as well as for Newcastle-under-Lyme and

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. He was succeeded by his son, the aforementioned sixth Baronet. He represented Staffordshire in Parliament as a

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from 1754 to 1780. In the latter year he was raised to the peerage as Baron Bagot, of Bagot's Bromley in the

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. His grandson, the third Baron, sat as a

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for Denbighshire and after entering the

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served as a government whip under the

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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,

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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. 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

in Staffordshire. A junior branch of the Bagot family had their seat at

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. Another junior branch have their seat at Levens Hall,

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Coat of arms

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".''Debrett's Illustrated Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage and Companionage,'' London: Odhams Press, 1950, p. 99.

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 William Bagot, 1st Baron Bagot (28 February 1728 – 22 October 1798), known as Sir William Bagot, 6th Baronet, from 1768 to 1780, was a United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1754 to ...

(1728–1798) * William Bagot, 2nd Baron Bagot (1773–1856) *

William Bagot, 3rd Baron Bagot William Bagot, 3rd Baron Bagot DL (27 March 1811 – 19 January 1887), styled The Honourable from birth until 1856, was a British courtier and Conservative politician. Background Born at Blithfield House, he was the eldest son of William 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

Bagot baronets, of Levens Hall (1913)

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(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.

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