Lewis Bagot (1 January 1740 – 4 June 1802) was an English cleric who served as the
Bishop of Bristol
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,
Norwich
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, and
St Asaph
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.
Early life
He was the fifth son of
Sir Walter Wagstaffe Bagot of
Blithfield Hall
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,
Staffordshire
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and the former Lady Barbara Legg (a daughter of
William Legge, 1st Earl of Dartmouth
William Legge, 1st Earl of Dartmouth (14 October 1672 – 15 December 1750), was Lord Privy Seal from 1713 to 1714. He was a Hanoverian Tory, supporting the Hanoverian succession following the death of Queen Anne.
Life
The only son of George L ...
). Among his elder brothers were
William, Lord Bagot, the Rev.
Walter Bagot of
Pype Hayes Hall (who married Anne Swinnerton and, later, Mary Ward), and Richard Bagot (who married a daughter of
Viscount Andover).
Career
He was educated at
Westminster School
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and at
Christ Church, Oxford
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.
He was ordained in 1765 and was
Canon
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of Christ Church 1771–1777 and
Dean of Christ Church 1777–1783. He was appointed
Bishop of Bristol
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The present diocese covers parts of the counties of Somerset and Gloucestershire together with a small area of Wiltshire. The see ...
in 1782,
Bishop of Norwich
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in 1783 and
Bishop of St Asaph
The Bishop of St Asaph heads the Church in Wales diocese of St Asaph.
The diocese covers the counties of Conwy county borough, Conwy and Flintshire, Wrexham county borough, the eastern part of Merioneth in Gwynedd and part of northern Powys. The ...
1790.
His portrait appears in the
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*National Portrait Gallery (United States), in Washington, D.C.
*National Portrait Gallery, London
...
.
See also
*
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 British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1754 to 1780. He was then raised to the peerage as B ...
References
1740 births
1802 deaths
Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford
Bishops of Bristol
Bishops of Norwich
Bishops of St Asaph
People educated at Westminster School, London
People from the Borough of East Staffordshire
18th-century Church of England bishops
Deans of Christ Church, Oxford
Younger sons of baronets
18th-century Welsh Anglican bishops
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