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 Blithfield.
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. In 1627 he was created a Baronet, of Blithfield in the County of Stafford, 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).
Bagot Baronets, of Blithfield (1627)
- Sir Hervey Bagot, 1st Baronet (1591-1660)
- Sir Edward Bagot, 2nd Baronet (1616-1673)
- Sir Walter Bagot, 3rd Baronet (1644-1704)
- Sir Edward Bagot, 4th Baronet (1674-1712)
- Sir Walter Wagstaffe Bagot, 5th Baronet (1702-1768)
- Sir William Bagot, 6th Baronet (1728-1798) (created Baron Bagot in 1780)
Barons Bagot (1780)
- William Bagot, 1st Baron Bagot (1728-1798)
- William Bagot, 2nd Baron Bagot (1773-1856)
- William Bagot, 3rd Baron Bagot (1811-1887
- William Bagot, 4th Baron Bagot (1857-1932)
- Gerald William Bagot, 5th Baron Bagot (1866-1946)
- Caryl Ernest Bagot, 6th Baron Bagot (1877-1961)
- Harry Eric Bagot, 7th Baron Bagot (1894-1973)
- Reginald Walter Bagot, 8th Baron Bagot (1897-1979)
- Heneage Charles Bagot, 9th Baron Bagot (1914-2001)
- Charles Hugh Shaun Bagot, 10th Baron Bagot (b. 1944)