Josceline FitzRoy BAGOT

October 22, 1854 (age 58)

Surrey, South East England, United Kingdom

He joined the Army and received a commission in the Grenadier Guards in 1875 and was appointed Aide-de-Camp to the Governor-General of Canada in 1881–1882 and 1888–1889. He also saw service in the Boer War in 1899–1900, where he was mentioned in despatches and was the chief Military Censor. He was later attached to the Westmoreland and Cumberland Imperial Yeomanry, where he was granted the honorary rank of lieutenant-colonel on 7 May 1902. He was twice returned as Conservative Member of Parliament for Kendal (1892–1906 and 1910–1913), and served as a Parliamentary Secretary at both the Treasury and the Home Office. He was nominated for a baronetcy in 1913 but died the same year. Josceline Bagot was buried in Street Peters churchyard, Heversham, Cumbria. They had four children, Alan Desmond (who became the 1st and last Baronet Bagot of Leven), Dorothy, Marjorie Constance and Mary. They lived at Levens Hall, near Kendal which Bagot had inherited from a distant relative, Mary Howard.

Josceline FitzRoy BAGOT

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Background

Josceline Fitzroy Bagot was born in Ashtead, Surrey, the son of Colonel Charles Bagot and Sophia Louisa Percy.

Education

Eton.

Career

He joined the Army and received a commission in the Grenadier Guards in 1875 and was appointed Aide-de-Camp to the Governor-General of Canada in 1881–1882 and 1888–1889. He also saw service in the Boer War in 1899–1900, where he was mentioned in despatches and was the chief Military Censor. He was later attached to the Westmoreland and Cumberland Imperial Yeomanry, where he was granted the honorary rank of lieutenant-colonel on 7 May 1902.

He was twice returned as Conservative Member of Parliament for Kendal (1892–1906 and 1910–1913), and served as a Parliamentary Secretary at both the Treasury and the Home Office.

He was nominated for a baronetcy in 1913 but died the same year. Josceline Bagot was buried in Street Peters churchyard, Heversham, Cumbria.

They had four children, Alan Desmond (who became the 1st and last Baronet Bagot of Leven), Dorothy, Marjorie Constance and Mary. They lived at Levens Hall, near Kendal which Bagot had inherited from a distant relative, Mary Howard.

Politics

Conservative.

Membership

25th United Kingdom Parliament. 26th United Kingdom Parliament. 27th United Kingdom Parliament.

29th United Kingdom Parliament.

30th United Kingdom Parliament.

Clubs: Guards’, Carlton, Marlborough.

Connections

Spouse 1885, Theodosia,daughter of Sir John Leslie, 1st Baronet, Lady of Grace Saint John of Jerusalem, Royal Red Cross, and South African Meda

Father:: Colonel Charles Bagot
Spouse:: Theodosia

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