Person
Richard Bagot
- Slug
- richard-bagot-473
- Alternative names
- The Honourable, The Right Reverend, Lord Bishop of Oxford
- Gender
- Assigned male at birth
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Ethnicity
- White
- Languages
- English
- Occupations
- Bishop
Born in 1782, Bagot was highly educated. In 1804, Bagot was elected to a fellowship at All Souls College, Oxford, which he resigned two years later upon his marriage. He married Lady Harriet Villiers, with whom he had twelve children. He held a host of religious offices in order, and was the first Bishop of Oxford to be ex officio Chancellor of the Order of the Garter.