Josceline Bagot

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Josceline Fitzroy Bagot
Born	(1854-10-22)22 October 1854 Surrey
Died	1 March 1913(1913-03-01) (aged 58)
Allegiance	British
Service/branch	Army
Rank	Honorary Lieutenant Colonel
Unit	Westmoreland and Cumberland Imperial Yeomanry
Battles/wars	Boer War
Other work	Member of Parliament, Author

Josceline Fitzroy Bagot (22 October 1854 – 1 March 1913) was an English soldier and politician.

Josceline Fitzroy Bagot was born in Ashtead, Surrey, the son of Col. Charles Bagot and Sophia Louisa Percy.

He joined the Army and received a commission in the Grenadier Guards in 1875 ^[1] and was appointed Aide-de-Camp to the Governor-General of Canada in 1881-1882 and 1888-1889. He also saw service in the Boer War in 1899-1900, where he was mentioned in despatches and was the chief Military Censor.^[2] His wife was also in South Africa during the war, running a military hospital. He later gained the rank of Honorary Lieutenant-Colonel in the Westmoreland and Cumberland Imperial Yeomanry.

He was twice returned as Conservative MP for Kendal (1892–1906 and 1910–1913),^[3] and served as a Parliamentary Secretary at both the Treasury and the Home Office. 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, Heversham, Cumbria.^[4]

Family

He married on 11 June 1885 Theodosia Leslie (1865-1940), daughter of Sir John Leslie, 1st Baronet. His wife was appointed a Lady of Grace of the Order of St. John (DStJ) in July 1901.^[5] They had four children, Alan Desmond (who became the 1st and last Baronet Bagot of Leven), Dorothy, Marjorie Constance and Mary.^[6] They lived at Levens Hall, near Kendal which Bagon had inherited from a distant relative, Mary Howard^[7]

Publications

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

References

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Earl of Bective	Member of Parliament for Kendal 1892–1906	Succeeded by Dudley Stewart-Smith
Preceded by Dudley Stewart-Smith	Member of Parliament for Kendal 1910–1913	Succeeded by John Wakefield Weston

Persondata
Name	Bagot, Josceline
Alternative names
Short description	British politician
Date of birth	22 October 1854
Place of birth	Surrey
Date of death	1 March 1913
Place of death

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