Baron Bagot

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Baron Bagot, of Bagot’s Bromley in the County of Stafford, is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. It was created in 1780 for Sir William Bagot, 6th Baronet, of Stradsett Hall, Norfolk.

1 History
2 Bagot Baronets, of Stradsett Hall, Norfolk (1627)
3 Barons Bagot (1780)
4 See also
5 Reference

[edit] History

The ancient 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. On 31 May 1627 he was created a Baronet, of Stradsett Hall, in the County of Norfolk, in the Baronetage of England. His son, the second Baronet, grandson, the third Baronet, and great-grandson, the 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 sixth Baronet. He represented Staffordshire in Parliament as a Tory from 1754 to 1780. 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. All later Barons Bagot have been descended from the Right Reverend Richard Bagot, Bishop of Oxford and of Bath and Wells, fifth son of the first Baron. As of 30 June 2006, the present holder of the Barony has not successfully proven his succession to the Bagot Baronetcy and is therefore not on the Official Roll of the Baronetage. However, the case is under review by the Registrar of the Baronetage (for more information follow this link).

[edit] Bagot Baronets, of Stradsett Hall, Norfolk (1627)

Sir Hervey Bagot, 1st Baronet (1591-1660) MP for Staffordshire 1628-1629 and 1641-1642.
Sir Edward Bagot, 2nd Baronet (1616-1673) MP for Staffordshire 1660
Sir Walter Bagot, 3rd Baronet (1644-1704) MP for Staffordshire 1678-1681,1685-1690 and 1693-1695
Sir Edward Bagot, 4th Baronet (1674-1712) MP for Staffordshire 1698-1708
Sir Walter Wagstaffe Bagot, 5th Baronet (1702-1768) MP for Newcastle under Lume 1724-1727, Staffordshire 1727-1761 and Oxford University 1762-1768
Sir William Bagot, 6th Baronet (1728-1798) (created Baron Bagot in 1780)