Clement-Jones family 12/22 - Person Sheet
Clement-Jones family 12/22 - Person Sheet
NameRt Rev Lewis BAGOT , 8006
Birth1741
Death1802
FatherSir Walter Wagstaffe BAGOT 5th Bt , 7957 (1702-1768)
MotherLady Barbara LEGGE , 7958 (1698-1765)
Spouses
1Mary HAY, 8007
Birth1744
Death1799, St Asaph
Marriage1771
Notes for Rt Rev Lewis BAGOT
Bishop of Norwich and St Asaph

Lewis Bagot MA (1 January 1740 – 4 June 1802) was an English cleric, the fifth son of Sir Walter Wagstaffe Bagot of Blithfield Hall, Staffordshire, and younger brother of William, Lord Bagot.

He was educated at Westminster School and at Christ Church, Oxford. He was ordained in 1765 and was Canon of Christchurch 1771–1777 and Dean 1777–1783. He was appointed Bishop of Bristol in 1782, Bishop of Norwich in 1783 and Bishop of St Asaph 1790.

His portrait appears in the National Portrait Gallery.
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