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Bagot, of Blithfield, co. Stafford (E Baronet, 1627)

Creation: let.pat. 31 May 1627

Family name: Bagot

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Arms:

See Baron Bagot

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Sir Hervey Bagot, 1st Bt.

1st son and heir of Walter Bagot, of Blithfield, co. Stafford, by his wife Elizabeth Cave, dau. of Roger Cave, of Stanford, co. Northampton, by his wife Margaret Cecil, sister of William [Cecil], 1st Baron Burghley, and 1st dau. of Richard Cecil, of Burghley, co. Lincoln, Sheriff of Rutland

born

8 Feb 1590/1

mar. (1)

in or before 1616 Katherine Adderley (d. 16 Feb 1622; bur. at Blithfield. co. Stafford), dau. of Humphrey Adderley, of Weddington, co. Warwick

children by first wife

1. Sir Edward Bagot, 2nd Bt.

2. Col Hervey Bagot, of Pipe Hall, co. Stafford, mar. (1) Dorothy Arden, dau. of Sir Henry Arden, of Park Hall, co. Warwick, by his wife Dorothy Feilding, sister of William [Feilding], 1st Earl of Denbigh, and only dau. of Basil Feilding, of Newnham Paddock in Monk's Kirby, co. Warwick, and (2) Elizabeth Rotherham, dau. of Thomas Rotherham, and had issue by both wives

1. Elizabeth Bagot, mar. John Skrimshire, 1st son and heir ap. of John Skrimshire, of Norbury, co. Stafford, by his first wife Alice Leigh, sister of Francis [Leigh], 1st Earl of Chichester, and 2nd dau. of Sir Francis Leigh, of Newnham Regis, co. Warwick, by his wife Hon Mary Egerton, only dau. by his first wife of Thomas [Egerton], 1st Viscount Brackley, and had issue

mar. (2)

Anne Dilke (widow of Sir Thomas Dilke, of Maxstone, co. Warwick), dau. of Sir Clement Fisher, of Packington, co. Warwick, by his wife Mary Repington, dau. of Francis Repington, of Arnington, co .Warwick

died

27 Dec 1660 (bur. at Blithfield, co. Stafford)

created

31 May 1627 a Baronet of England, styled "of Blithfield, co. Stafford"

suc. by

son by first wife

note

Sheriff of Staffordshire 1626-27; Member of Parliament for Staffordshire 1628-29 and 1641-42; a supporter of King Charles in the Civil War, he was fined £1,340 by the sequestrators, later reduced to £1,004

Sir Edward Bagot, 2nd Bt.

born

23 May 1616

mar.

9 May 1641 Mary Crawley (widow of John Crawley, of Someries, co. Bedford; d. 22 Oct 1686; bur. at Blithfield, co. Stafford), dau. and hrss. of William Lambard, Bailiff of Buckingham

children

1. Sir Walter Bagot, 3rd Bt.

1. Mary Bagot (b. 6 Apr 1646; d. 14 Sep 1692; bur. at Harefield, co. Middlesex), mar. in or before 1668 as his first wife Sir Richard Newdigate, 2nd Bt., of Arbury, co. Warwick, and Harefield, co. Middlesex, and had issue

died

30 May 1673 (bur. at Blithfield, co. Stafford)

suc. by

son

note

admitted to the Middle Temple 1635 ; Member of Parliament for Staffordshire 1660

Sir Walter Bagot, 3rd Bt.

born

21 Mar 1644

mar.

after 25 Jun 1670 Jane Salusbury (d. 20 Jul 1695; bur. at Blithfield, co. Stafford), dau. and sole hrss. of Charles Salusbury, of Bachymbydd, co. Denbigh, and Lland Lloyd, co. Flint

children

1. Sir Edward Bagot, 4th Bt.

1. Mary Bagot (b. 2 Dec 1672; d. 14 May 1727; bur. at Willingdon, co. Sussex), mar. 25 Feb 1692 Sir George Parker, 2nd Bt., of Ratton, co. Sussex, and had issue

2. Elizabeth Bagot (dsp. 2 Sep 1749), mar. 7 Jun 1739 as his second wife Henry [Paget], 1st Earl of Uxbridge

3. Anna Bagot (b. c. 1678; d. 1767), mar. Geoffrey Shakerley, of Hulme and Gwersyllt (d. 2 Feb 1756), and had issue

4. Jane Bagot, mar. (1) Morys Jones, of Llanhaiadr Hall and Plas Newydd (b. c. 1671; d. 10 Jan 1702), and (2) John Roberts, of Hafod y Bwlch (d. 1730/1), and had issue by her first husband

died

15 Feb 1704 (bur .at Blithfield, co. Stafford)

suc. by

son

note

admitted to the Middle Temple 1666; Member of Parliament for Staffordshire 1678-81, 1685-90 and 1693-95

Sir Edward Bagot, 4th Bt.

born

21 Jan 1673/4

mar.

15 Apr 1697 Frances Wagstaffe (mar. (2) her cousin Sir Adolphus Oughton, 1st Bt.; d. c. 1714), dau. and hrss. of Sir Thomas Wagstaffe, of Tachbrooke, co. Warwick

children

1. Sir Walter Wagstaffe Bagot, 5th Bt.

1. Frances Bagot (d. 17 Feb 1748/9; bur. at Chicheley, co. Buckingham), mar. 18 Feb 1718/9 Sir John Chester, 6th Bt., of Chicheley, co. Buckingham), and had issue

2. Jane Bagot, mar. Craven Kinnersley, of Loxley (b. 1710; dsp. 1735)

died

May 1712 (bur. at Blithfield, co. Stafford)

suc. by

son

note

admitted to the Middle Temple 1692; Member of Parliament for Staffordshire 1698-1708

Sir Walter Wagstaffe Bagot, 5th Bt.

born

23 Aug 1702

mar.

27 Jul 1724 Lady Barbara Legge (d. 29 Oct 1765; bur. at Blithfield, co. Stafford), 1st dau. of William [Legge], 1st Earl of Dartmouth, by his wife Lady Anne Finch, 2nd dau. of Heneage [Finch], 1st Earl of Aylesford

children

1. Sir William Bagot, 6th Bt., later 1st Baron Bagot

2. Charles Bagot later Chester, a wine merchant in Oporto, Portugal, he succeeded to the Chicheley estate, co. Buckingham, on the death in 1755 of his cousin, Sir Charles Bagot Chester, 7th Bt. (b. 1 Sep 1730; d. 2 Apr 1793), mar. 5 Oct 1765 his cousin Catherine Legge (d. 31 May 1819), only dau. of Hon Heneage Legge, one of the Barons of the Exchequer (by his wife Catherine Fogg, dau. and cohrss. of Jonathan Fogg), 2nd son of William [Legge], 1st Earl of Dartmouth, by his wife Lady Anne Finch, 2nd dau. of Heneage [Finch], 1st Earl of Aylesford, and had issue

3. Rev Walter Bagot, of Pipe Hall, co. Stafford, Rector of Blithfield and Leigh, co. Stafford (b. 2 Nov 1731; d. 1806), mar. (1) 7 Sep 1773 Anne Swinnerton, dau. of William Swinnerton, of Butterton, co. Stafford, and (2) Mary Ward, and had issue by both wives

4. Richard Bagot later Howard (b. 13 Nov 1733; dspm. 18 Feb 1819), mar. 25 Feb 1783 Lady Frances Howard, eventual hrss. of her nephew Henry [Howard], 13th Earl of Suffolk, and only dau. of Hon William Howard, styled Viscount Andover (by his wife Lady Mary Finch, 1st dau. of Heneage [Finch], 2nd Earl of Aylesford), 3rd but 1st surv. son and heir ap. of Henry Bowes [Howard], 11th Earl of Suffolk, and had issue

5. Rt Rev Lewis Bagot LLD, Bishop of Bristol 1782-1783, of Norwich 1783-90 and of St Asaph 1790-1802 (b. 1 Jan 1740; dsp. 4 Jun 1802), mar. Mary Hay (dsp. 11 Aug 1799), 2nd dau. of Hon Edward Hay, Governor of Barbados 1772-79 (by his first wife Mary Flower, dau. of Peter Flower), 4th son of George Henry [Hay], 8th Earl of Kinnoull

1. Barbara Bagot (d. 1797), mar. 1749 Ralph Sneyd, of Keele, co. Stafford (d. 10 Dec 1793), and had issue

2. Anne Bagot (d. 30 Dec 1812)

3. Maria Bagot (d. 31 Mar 1813), mar. 23 Jun 1764 Rowland Wingfield, of Preston Brockhurst and Onslow, co. Shropshire (b. 1728; d. 10 Aug 1818), and had issue

4. Harriet Bagot (d. 1825)

died

20 Jan 1768 (bur. at Blithfield, co. Stafford)

suc. by

son

note

Member of Parliament for Newcastle-under-Lyne 1724-27, for Staffordshire 1727-61 and for the University of Oxford 1762-68

Sir William Bagot, 6th Bt. later 1st Baron Bagot

created

12 Oct 1780 Baron Bagot, of Bagot's Bromley in the County of Stafford

The Baronetcy of Bagot has been held by the Barons Bagot since 12 Oct 1780.

Last updated 17 May 2012

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