Background
Bagot was the son of Sir Hervey Bagot of Field Hall, Leigh and his first wife Katherine Adderley, daughter of Humphrey Adderley of Weddington, Warwickshire.
Bagot was the son of Sir Hervey Bagot of Field Hall, Leigh and his first wife Katherine Adderley, daughter of Humphrey Adderley of Weddington, Warwickshire.
He was educated at Trinity College, Oxford and was admitted to the Middle Temple in 1635.
He became a Justice of the Peace for Staffirdshire in 1656. He succeeded to the baronetcy of Blithfield Hall on the death of his father in December 1660. Bagot died at the age of 57 and was buried at Blithfield.
Bagot married Mary Crawley, widow of John Crawley of Someries, Bedfordshire and daughter of William Lambard of BuckinghamLampard in 1641.
Their daughter Mary (1646–1692) married Sir Richard Newdigate 2nd Baronet of Arbury.
As he was appointed under the Protectorate, he was eligible under the Long Parliament ordinance to stand for the Convention Parliament and in April 1660, he was elected Member of Parliament for Staffordshire.