The Honourable ''The Honourable'' (British English) or ''The Honorable'' ( American English; see spelling differences) (abbreviation: ''Hon.'', ''Hon'ble'', or variations) is an honorific style that is used as a prefix before the names or titles of certa ...

Richard Bagot (22 November 1782 – 15 May 1854) was an English bishop.

Life

Bagot was a younger son of William Bagot, 1st Baron Bagot, of Blithfield Hall,

Staffordshire Staffordshire (; postal abbreviation Staffs.) is a landlocked county in the West Midlands region of England. It borders Cheshire to the northwest, Derbyshire and Leicestershire to the east, Warwickshire to the southeast, the West Midlands C ...

, by the Honourable Elizabeth Louisa St John, daughter of

John St John, 2nd Viscount St John John St John (3 May 1702 – 1748) of Lydiard Tregoze, Wiltshire, was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1727 to 1734. St John was the second surviving son of Henry St John, 1st Viscount St John MP, and his second wife An ...

William Bagot, 2nd Baron Bagot William Bagot, 2nd Baron Bagot (11 September 1773 – 12 February 1856), was a British peer. William Bagot was born in London, the eldest son of William Bagot, 1st Baron Bagot, and his second wife Elizabeth Louisa St John. He was educated at Wes ...

, and

Sir Charles Bagot Sir Charles Bagot GCB (23 September 1781 – 19 May 1843) was a British politician, diplomat and colonial administrator. He served as ambassador to the United States, Russia, and the Netherlands. He served as the second Governor General of ...

were his elder brothers; Bishop Lewis Bagot was his uncle. Bagot was educated at

Rugby School Rugby School is a public school (English independent boarding school for pupils aged 13–18) in Rugby, Warwickshire, England. Founded in 1567 as a free grammar school for local boys, it is one of the oldest independent schools in Britain. ...

and

Christ Church, Oxford Christ Church ( la, Ædes Christi, the temple or house, '' ædēs'', of Christ, and thus sometimes known as "The House") is a constituent college of the University of Oxford in England. Founded in 1546 by King Henry VIII, the college is uniq ...

(matriculated 1799, B.A. 1803,

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1806,

D.D. A Doctor of Divinity (D.D. or DDiv; la, Doctor Divinitatis) is the holder of an advanced academic degree in divinity. In the United Kingdom, it is considered an advanced doctoral degree. At the University of Oxford, doctors of divinity are ran ...

by diploma 1829), and in 1804 was elected to a fellowship at

All Souls College, Oxford All Souls College (official name: College of the Souls of All the Faithful Departed) is a constituent college of the University of Oxford in England. Unique to All Souls, all of its members automatically become fellows (i.e., full members of ...

, which he resigned two years later upon his marriage. Bagot was Rector of Leigh and Blithfield and

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. He was

Canon of Windsor The Dean and Canons of Windsor are the ecclesiastical body of St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle. Foundation The college of canons was established in 1348 by Letters Patent of King Edward III. It was formally constituted on the feast of S ...

from 1822 to 1827,

Dean of Canterbury The Dean of Canterbury is the head of the Chapter of the Cathedral of Christ Church, Canterbury, England. The current office of Dean originated after the English Reformation, although Deans had also existed before this time; its immediate prec ...

1827–1845, Bishop of Oxford 1829–1845 and

Bishop of Bath and Wells The Bishop of Bath and Wells heads the Church of England Diocese of Bath and Wells in the Province of Canterbury in England. The present diocese covers the overwhelmingly greater part of the (ceremonial) county of Somerset and a small area of D ...

1845–1854.. He was the first Bishop of Oxford to be ''ex officio''

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(from 1837 to 1845). Holding the see of Oxford through the early years of the Tractarian movement, the Tory Bagot, hostile to Low Church attitudes, was initially and notably sympathetic to

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and his associates. That did change by the first years of the 1840s, and Bagot did act in particular against the preaching of

Edward Pusey Edward Bouverie Pusey (; 22 August 180016 September 1882) was an English Anglican cleric, for more than fifty years Regius Professor of Hebrew at the University of Oxford. He was one of the leading figures in the Oxford Movement. Early years ...

Family

Bagot married Lady Harriet Villiers, daughter of

George Villiers, 4th Earl of Jersey George Bussy Villiers, 4th Earl of Jersey, PC (9 June 173522 August 1805, Tunbridge Wells) was an English nobleman, peer, politician and courtier at the court of George III. He was the oldest surviving son of William Villiers, 3rd Earl of Je ...

in 1806. They had eight sons (three of whom became clergy and three joined the armed services) and four daughters: *Edward Richard Bagot, army officer *Villiers, died young in 1810 *Henry Bagot R.N. *Charles Walter Bagot, cleric *Louis Francis Bagot, cleric *Harriet Frances, married 1837 Rev. Lord Charles Thynne *George Bagot, army officer *Frances Caroline, died 1840 at age 21 *Richard Bagot, died 1840 at age 19 *Frederick Bagot, cleric *Emily Mary (died 1853), married in 1850 the Hon.George Thomas Orlando Bridgeman, second son of

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*Mary Isabel, married in 1843

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References

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