Walter Bagot (2 November 1731 – 10 July 1806) was an English cleric and landowner. He was the third son of

Sir Walter Bagot ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as p ...

of Blithfield Hall,

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. He was educated at

Christ Church, Oxford Christ Church ( la, Ædes Christi, the temple or house, '' ædēs'', of Christ, and thus sometimes known as "The House") is a constituent college of the University of Oxford in England. Founded in 1546 by King Henry VIII, the college is uniqu ...

and graduated Master of Arts in 1757. He was ordained in that year and appointed

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of Leigh, Kent. In 1759 he was appointed Rector of Blithfield. He inherited Pype Hayes Hall, which had been in the Bagot family since 1630, on the death of a cousin. He married twice: * firstly in 1773 to Anne Swinnerton by whom he had seven children, including his eldest son and heir, Rev. Egerton Bagot, and daughters, Elizabeth (died 5 Mar 1859), who married Dr. Joseph Phillimore, MP, and Louisa-Frances, who married Rev. Richard Levett of Milford Hall, Staffordshire, also an Oxford graduate and a minister. * secondly to Mary Ward by whom he had another eight children, including a daughter, Jane Margaret, who married the English judge Sir Edward Vaughan Williams in 1826; they were the grandparents of the composer

Ralph Vaughan Williams Ralph Vaughan Williams, (; 12 October 1872– 26 August 1958) was an English composer. His works include operas, ballets, chamber music, secular and religious vocal pieces and orchestral compositions including nine symphonies, written over ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bagot, Walter 1731 births 1806 deaths Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford 18th-century English Anglican priests 19th-century English landowners Younger sons of baronets

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