. He was the fifth son of
Sir Walter Wagstaffe Bagot of
Blithfield Hall,
Staffordshire and the former Lady Barbara Legg (a daughter of
William Legge, 1st Earl of Dartmouth). Among his elder brothers were
William, Lord Bagot, the Rev.
Walter Bagot of
Pype Hayes Hall (who married Anne Swinnerton and, later, Mary Ward), and Richard Bagot (who married a daughter of
Viscount Andover). ==Career==