BAGOT, WALTER, brother of William Bagot, 1st Baron Bagot (qv); b. 2 Nov 1731; adm. Feb 1739/40 (Watts'); KS 1746; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1750, matr. 20 Jun 1750, Westminster Student 15 Dec 1750 - 29 Jul 1758 (void, expiry year of grace as R. Leigh); BA 1754; MA 1757; ordained deacon (Oxford) 5 Jun 1757; Rector of Leigh, Staffs., from 1757; Rector of Blithfield, Staffs., from 29 Jan 1759; Prebendary of St. Asaph from 10 May 1796; a correspondent of William Cowper (qv), with whom he was “much intimate” at school (Southey, Cowper, v, 185); m. 1st, 1 Sep 1773 Anne, dau. of William Swinnerton, barrister, Vice-Chancellor Duchy of Lancaster, of Butterton, Staffs.; m. 2nd, 28 Apr 1789 Mary Ward, Blithfield, Staffs.; d. 10 Jul 1806.