Francis Bagshawe

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Francis Westby Bagshawe (4 April 1832 – 28 April 1896) was an English landowner who served as High Sheriff of Derbyshire in 1868.

Life[edit]

Bagshawe was born at Norton, Derbyshire, the son of barrister William John Bagshawe of Wormhill Hall, Wormhill, Derbyshire, and his wife Sarah Partridge.[1] He was educated at Uppingham School from 1848 [2] and admitted at Trinity College, Cambridge on 12 June 1851, being awarded BA in 1855 and MA in 1860.[3]

Bagshawe succeeded to the estates of his elder brother, the renowned oarsman William Bagshawe, in 1854 after William was killed in an affray with poachers at Millers Dale.[4] The estates included Oakes Park, near Sheffield; Wormhill Hall, Derbyshire; and Cotes Hall, which he sold in 1883. In 1862 he was promoted to Lieutenant in the Yorkshire Yeomanry Cavalry.[5] He was J.P. and Deputy Lieutenant for Derbyshire and J.P. for the West Riding of Yorkshire. In 1868 he was High Sheriff of Derbyshire.[6]

Bagshawe died at the age of 64 and was buried at St Margaret's, Wormhill.[3]

Family[edit]

Bagshawe married Caroline Amelia Cloyne Godwin-Austen, seventh daughter of Robert Alfred Cloyne Godwin-Austen.[7] They had two daughters.

References[edit]

  1. ^ John Burke A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain 1836
  2. ^ Uppingham School Roll
  3. ^ a b "Bagshaw,Francis Westby (BGSW851FW)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  4. ^ Francis Francis Angling Reminiscences 2008
  5. ^ The London Gazette 18 April 1862
  6. ^ "No. 23348". The London Gazette. 31 January 1868. p. 453.
  7. ^ Walford, Edward (1 January 1860). The county families of the United Kingdom; or, Royal manual of the titled and untitled aristocracy of England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland. Dalcassian Publishing Company. p. 714.
Honorary titles
Preceded by High Sheriff of Derbyshire
1868–1869
Succeeded by