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Bagot, Walter, 1731-1806

  • GB-2014-WSA-02457
  • Person
  • 1731-1806

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.

Bagot, Walter, 1778-1800

  • GB-2014-WSA-02458
  • Person
  • 1778-1800

BAGOT, WALTER, second son of Walter Bagot (adm. 1739/40, qv), and his first wife; b. 13 Feb 1778; adm. 16 Jan 1793 (Clapham); KS 1793; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1797, matr. 19 Jun 1797, Westminster Student from 23 Dec 1797; drowned in the river Avon, near Warwick Castle, 10 Jan 1800.

Bagot, William, 1728-1798

  • GB-2014-WSA-02459
  • Person
  • 1728-1798

BAGOT, WILLIAM, 1st BARON BAGOT, second son of Sir Walter Wagstaffe Bagot, Bart., MP, Blithfield, Staffs., and Lady Barbara Legge, eldest dau. of William Legge, 1st Earl of Dartmouth (qv); b. 28 Feb 1728; adm. from Repton Sch. Feb 1738/9 (Watts'); left 1746; Magdalen Coll. Oxford, matr. 28 Feb 1746/7; MA 1749; DCL 1754; Grand Tour (France, Italy) 1750-2; MP Staffordshire 1754-80; succeeded his father as 6th baronet 28 Jan 1768; created Baron Bagot (GB) 17 Oct 1780; of Blithfield, Staffs.; m. 20 Aug 1760 Hon. Elizabeth Louisa St. John, only surviving dau. of John St. John, 2nd Viscount St. John; d. 22 Oct 1798.

Bagot, William, 1773-1856

  • GB-2014-WSA-02460
  • Person
  • 1773-1856

BAGOT, WILLIAM, 2nd BARON BAGOT, son of William Bagot, 1st Baron Bagot (qv); b. 11 Sep 1773; adm. 2 Jun 1788; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 10 Nov 1791; DCL 1834; succeeded his father as 2nd Baron Bagot 22 Oct 1798; took active interest in agricultural pursuits; FSA (by 1831); author, Memorials of the Bagot family, 1824; m. 1st, 30 May 1799 Hon. Emily Fitzroy, fourth dau. of Charles Fitzroy, 1st Baron Southampton; m. 2nd, 17 Feb 1807 Lady Louisa Legge, second dau. of George Legge, 3rd Earl of Dartmouth KG; d. 12 Feb 1856. DNB.

Bagshaw, Benjamin, 1707-1739

  • GB-2014-WSA-02461
  • Person
  • 1707-1739

BAGSHAW, BENJAMIN, brother of Thomas Bagshaw (adm. 1717, qv); bapt. Great Longstone, Derbs. 31 Dec 1707 (IGI); adm. (aged 11) Oct 1719; in under school list 1721; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 19 Feb 1724/5; migrated to Emmanuel Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 9 Oct 1725; BA 1728/9; of Ridge Hall, Derbs.; m. 1731 Catherine, dau. of Sir John Statham, Kt, Tideswell, Derbs.; d. 30 Jan 1739.

Bagshaw, Charles, 1709-?

  • GB-2014-WSA-02462
  • Person
  • 1709-?

BAGSHAW, CHARLES, brother of Thomas Bagshaw (adm. 1717, qv); bapt. Great Longstone, Derbs. 20 Apr 1709 (IGI); adm. (aged 10) Oct 1720; in under school list 1722; of Gainsborough, Lincs. [will dated 1731 ?]

Bagshaw, Edward, 1629-1671

  • GB-2014-WSA-00257
  • Person
  • 1629-1671

BAGSHAW, EDWARD, son of Edward Bagshaw MP, barrister, of Moreton Pinkney, Northants., and Prudence ---; bapt. 20 Dec 1629; adm.; KS in 1644; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1646, but was detained at school “through the exigence of warre”, matr. 1 Feb 1646/7, aged 17, Westminster Student to 1662; submitted to the Parliamentary Visitors (see Register of Visitors of the University of Oxford 1647 to 1658, Camden Society, 2nd series, vol. xxix, 74, 268, 484); BA 1649; MA 1651 (incorp. at Cambridge 1654); took a prominent part in an agitation for the abolition of caps and gowns; adm. Gray’s Inn 2 Feb 1651/2; Under Master of the School May 1656; quarrelled with Richard Busby (qv), the Head Master (Barker, Memoir of Richard Busby, 1905, 55-76); suspended by the Governors 1 Dec 1657 and resigned in May 1658; ordained (Exeter) 3 Nov 1659; Vicar of Ambrosden, Oxfordshire 25 Aug 1659 – 1662 [or 1660 ?], when ejected for nonconformity under the Bartholomew Act; also ejected from his Studentship at Christ Church Hilary term 1662; Chaplain to Arthur, Earl of Anglesey 1661; accompanied him to Ireland Jul 1662; returned to England Sep 1662; imprisoned in Tower of London for abusing the King and Government 1663-4 and in Southsea Castle 1664-7; thrown into Newgate Prison for refusing to take the Oath of Supremacy, but was subsequently allowed out on parole; a man of learning and intellectual accomplishments which were rendered useless by his ungovernable temper and overweening conceit; author, A true and perfect narrative of the differences between Mr Busby and Mr Bagshaw, the First and Second Masters of Westminster School, 1659, and several controversial and religious works; m. Margaret, second dau. of John Peacock, Chawley, Cumnor, Oxfordshire, “a blind gentlewoman who had fallen in love with him for his sermons”; d. 28 Dec 1671. DNB.

Bagshaw, Edward, 1690-1769

  • GB-2014-WSA-02463
  • Person
  • 1690-1769

BAGSHAW, EDWARD, only son of Henry Bagshaw (qv); bapt. Durham Cathedral 21 Jul 1690 (IGI); adm.; QS 1704; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1709, matr. 4 Oct 1709, aged 19, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1709-16 (void); BA 1713; MA 1716; ordained priest (Oxford) 31 May 1713; Vicar of Castleton, Derbs., from Aug 1723; some extracts from his diary are printed Transactions of the Derbyshire Archaeological and Natural History Society, ii, 74 seq.; m. 3 May 1716 Margaret Bignall, St. Anne’s, Soho; d. 12 Apr 1769.

Bagshaw, Henry, 1633-1709

  • GB-2014-WSA-02464
  • Person
  • 1633-1709

BAGSHAW, HENRY, brother of Edward Bagshaw (KS in 1644, qv); bapt. 5 Sep 1633; adm.; Min. Can. (aged 14) 1648; KS (Capt. ) 1650; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1651, subscribed 7 Jul 1651, Westminster Student; BA 1655; MA 1657 (incorp. Camb. 1659); BD 1668; DD 1671; ordained; Chaplain to Sir Richard Fanshawe, Ambassador to Spain and Portugal, 1663-6; Rector of Carlton in Lindrick, Notts., 18 Mar 1667 - res Jul 1670; Prebendary of York 12 Aug 1667- res Jul 1670, of Southwell 9 Jul 1668 -70; Rector of St. Botolph’s, Bishopsgate, London, 10 Jun 1670 -77; Rector of Houghton-le-Spring, co. Durham, from 13 Dec 1677; Prebendary of Durham from 18 Jul 1681; had a great reputation as a preacher; published several sermons; lic. to m. 7 Apr 1674 Mary, dau. of Sir Edward Nicolls, Bart., Faxton, Northants; also lic. to m. 8 Feb 1674/5 Elizabeth Wilshere; d. 30 Dec 1709. DNB.

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