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Josceline Bagot

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Josceline Fitzroy Bagot
Born(1854-10-22)22 October 1854
Surrey
Died1 March 1913(1913-03-01)(aged 58)
AllegianceBritish
Service/branchArmy
RankHonorary Lieutenant Colonel
UnitWestmoreland and Cumberland Imperial Yeomanry
Battles/warsBoer War
Other workMember of Parliament,Author

Josceline Fitzroy Bagot(22 October 1854 – 1 March 1913) was anEnglishBritish Armyofficer andConservativepolitician.

Early life

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Josceline Fitzroy Bagot was born inAshtead, Surrey,the son of Col. Charles Bagot and Sophia Louisa Percy.

Military career

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He joined the Army and received a commission in theGrenadier Guardsin 1875[1]and was appointed Aide-de-Camp to the Governor-General of Canada in 1881–1882 and 1888–1889. He also saw service in theBoer Warin 1899–1900, where he was mentioned in despatches and was the chief Military Censor.[2]His wife was also inSouth Africaduring the war, running a military hospital. He was later attached to the Westmoreland and Cumberland Imperial Yeomanry, where he was granted the honorary rank oflieutenant-colonelon 7 May 1902.[3]

Political career

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He was twice returned as Conservative MP forKendal(1892–1906 and 1910–1913),[4] and served as a Parliamentary Secretary at both the Treasury and theHome Office.He was nominated for a baronetcy in 1913 but died the same year. The baronetcy was conferred instead on his only son,Sir Alan Bagot, 1st Baronet.Josceline Bagot was buried in St Peters churchyard,Heversham,Cumbria.[5]

Family

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Side profile black and white portrait of Mrs. Theodosia Bagot.
Theodosia Bagot. From a photograph by Mendelssohn, London.[6]

He married on 11 June 1885,Theodosia "Dosia" Leslie(1865–1940), daughter ofSir John Leslie, 1st Baronet.She also received the Order of the Royal Cross and the South African medal for her service during the Boer War.[6]The Bagots had four children, Alan Desmond (who became the 1st and lastBaronet Bagot of Leven), Dorothy, Marjorie Constance and Mary.[7]They lived atLevens Hall,near Kendal which Bagot had inherited from a distant relative, Mary Howard[8]

Publications

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  • Colonel James Grahme of Levens: A Biographical Sketch of Jacobite Timespublished by W. Kent & Co, 1886.

References

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  1. ^"No. 24367".The London Gazette.26 September 1876. p. 5201.
  2. ^"03 Mar 1913 – The Advertiser – p16".Trove.nla.gov.au.Retrieved28 May2014.
  3. ^"No. 27431".The London Gazette.6 May 1902. p. 3017.
  4. ^Craig, F. W. S.(1989) [1974].British parliamentary election results 1885–1918(2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 413.ISBN0-900178-27-2.
  5. ^[1]Archived20 July 2011 at theWayback Machine
  6. ^abMorgan, Henry James,ed. (1903).Types of Canadian Women and of Women who are or have been Connected with Canada.Toronto: Williams Briggs. p.20.
  7. ^"Conqueror4".William1.co.uk.Retrieved28 May2014.
  8. ^[2]Archived4 August 2009 at theWayback Machine
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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of ParliamentforKendal
1892–1906
Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of ParliamentforKendal
1910–1913
Succeeded by