William Bagot, 3rd Baron Bagot DL (27 March 1811 – 19 January 1887), styled The Honourable from birth until 1856, was a British courtier and

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politician.

Background

Born at Blithfield House, he was the eldest son of William Bagot, 2nd Baron Bagot and his second wife Lady Louisa, daughter of

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. Bagot was educated at

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, then at

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and finally at

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Career

He was returned to Parliament for

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in 1835, a seat he held until 1852. The year before, he had been nominated lieutenant-colonel of the Staffordshire Yeomanry Cavalry, which he commanded from 1854. He represented the county as deputy lieutenant and in 1856, Bagot succeeded his father as baron, entering subsequently the

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. He served in the Conservative administrations of the

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and

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as a

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(government whip in the House of Lords) from 1866 to 1868 and again from 1874 to 1880. Apart from his political career he was

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to the Prince Consort between 1858 and the next year.

Family

Lord Bagot married the Hon. Lucia Caroline Elizabeth, daughter of

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, in 1851. They had two sons and five daughters. Their daughter Louisa married

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of the

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family in 1879.Hamar Alfred Bass (1842–1898), Burton-on-Trent.org.uk
/ref> Bagot died in January 1887, aged 75, and was succeeded in the barony by his eldest son

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. Lady Bagot survived her husband by eight years and died in January 1895, aged 68.

Notes

References

*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990,

External links

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