The Bagot family has held land in
Staffordshire since at least the 11th century. One member of the family,
Hervey Bagot, represented
Staffordshire in Parliament and fought as a
Royalist in the
Civil War. He was
High Sheriff of Staffordshire in 1626 and on 31 May 1627 he was created a
baronet, of
Blithfield Hall, in the County of
Staffordshire, in the
Baronetage of England. His son (the second Baronet), grandson (third Baronet) and great-grandson (fourth Baronet) also represented
Staffordshire in the
House of Commons. The latter's son, the fifth Baronet, sat as a
Member of Parliament for
Staffordshire as well as for
Newcastle-under-Lyme and
Oxford University. He was succeeded by his son, the aforementioned sixth Baronet. He represented
Staffordshire in Parliament as a
Tory from 1754 to 1780. In the latter year he was raised to the peerage as
Baron Bagot, of Bagot's Bromley in the
County of Stafford. His grandson, the third Baron, sat as a
Conservative Member of Parliament for
Denbighshire and after entering the
House of Lords served as a government whip under the
Earl of Derby and
Benjamin Disraeli. On the death of his son, the fourth Baron, the line of the eldest son of the first Baron failed. The titles passed to his second cousin, the fifth Baron. He was the son of Vice-Admiral Henry Bagot, third son of the Right Reverend the Hon. Richard Bagot,
Bishop of Oxford and of
Bath and Wells, fifth son of the first Baron. He was succeeded by his first cousin once removed, the sixth Baron. He was the son of Reverend Lewis Richard Charles Bagot, eldest son of Reverend Charles Walter Bagot, fourth son of the aforementioned Richard Bagot, fifth son of the first Baron. When he died the titles were inherited by his first cousin, the seventh Baron. He was the son of Charles Frederick Heneage Bagot, fourth son of Reverend Charles Walter Bagot (see above). On his death the titles passed to his younger brother, the eighth Baron, and then to their half-brother, the ninth Baron. the titles are held by the latter's son, the tenth Baron, who succeeded in 2001. Since 30 June 2006, the present Baron Bagot has not successfully proven his succession to the baronetcy and is not therefore on the Official Roll of the Baronetage. However, the case is under review by the Registrar of the Baronetage. The ancestral seat of the Bagot family is
Blithfield Hall in
Staffordshire. A junior branch of the Bagot family had their seat at
Pype Hayes Hall,
Warwickshire. Another junior branch have their seat at
Levens Hall,
Cumbria. ==Coat of arms==