Josceline Fitzroy Bagot (22 October 1854 – 1 March 1913) was an

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officer and

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politician.

Early life

Josceline Fitzroy Bagot was born in

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, the son of Col. Charles Bagot and Sophia Louisa Percy.

Military career

He joined the Army and received a commission in the

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in 1875 and was appointed Aide-de-Camp to the Governor-General of Canada in 1881–1882 and 1888–1889. He also saw service in the

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in 1899–1900, where he was mentioned in despatches and was the chief Military Censor. His wife was also in

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during the war, running a military hospital. He was later attached to the Westmoreland and Cumberland Imperial Yeomanry, where he was granted the honorary rank of lieutenant-colonel on 7 May 1902.

Political career

He was twice returned as Conservative MP for

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(1892–1906 and 1910–1913), and served as a Parliamentary Secretary at both the Treasury and the

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. He was nominated for a baronetcy in 1913 but died the same year. The baronetcy was conferred instead on his only son, Sir Alan Bagot, 1st Baronet. Josceline Bagot was buried in St Peters churchyard,

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, Cumbria.

Family

He married on 11 June 1885, Theodosia "Dosia" Leslie (1865–1940), daughter of

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. She also received the Order of the Royal Cross and the South African medal for her service during the Boer War. The Bagots had four children, Alan Desmond (who became the 1st and last Baronet Bagot of Leven), Dorothy, Marjorie Constance and Mary. They lived at

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, near Kendal which Bagot had inherited from a distant relative, Mary Howard

Publications

*''Colonel James Grahme of Levens: A Biographical Sketch of Jacobite Times'' published by W. Kent & Co, 1886.

References

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thepeerage.com

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bagot, Josceline British Army personnel of the Second Boer War 1854 births 1913 deaths Cumbria MPs Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Politicians from Surrey UK MPs 1892–1895 UK MPs 1895–1900 UK MPs 1900–1906 UK MPs 1910 UK MPs 1910–1918