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