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

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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

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in 1757. He was ordained in that year and appointed

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. In 1759 he was appointed Rector of

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. He inherited

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, 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.

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, MP, and Louisa-Frances, who married Rev. Richard

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, 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

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in 1826; they were the grandparents of the composer

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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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