Richard Bagot

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Richard Bagot (1782–1854), Dean of Canterbury (1827–1845) and Bishop of Oxford (1829-1845), Bishop of Bath and Wells (1845-1854). He was educated at Rugby School, Christ Church, Oxford, (1799; B.A. 1803; M.A. 1806; D.D. 1829), fellow of AllSouls College, Oxford, (1803-1806). He became a prebendary of Lichfield Cathedral in 1812 and in 1817 a canon of Worcester. In 1827 he was appointed dean of Canterbury and in 1829 bishop of Oxford, holding the deanery in commendam.[1]

Shelfmark W/S-11-5(1)
Anselm, Saint, Abp. Opuscula beati Anselmi archiepiscopi Cantuariensis ....
Strasbourg: 1496.
Inscription on verso of front free endpaper: Ricardo Bagot Episcopo Oxoniensi et Decano Cantuariensi Carolus Bagot. Ecclesiæ suæ Cathedrali Ricardus Bagot D.D.
Given by Sir Charles Bagot (1781–1843) to his brother Richard Bagot (1782–1854), Dean of Canterbury (1827–1845) and Bishop of Oxford (1829-1845), probably in the period 1831-1841 when Sir Charles Bagot was not on diplomatic duties abroad. The book was subsequently given by Richard Bagot to Canterbury Cathedral Library, possibly on his resignation in 1845.
References
  1. Peter B. Nockles, ‘Bagot, Richard (1782–1854)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Oct 2008, accessed 17 July 2016.