John Baggot (1658–1718) was an Irish Jacobite politician.
Baggot was born in County Limerick, the son of James Bagot of Baggotstown and Celia Power, daughter of John Power. He was a counsellor at law. In c.1687 he married Ellinor Goold, the widow of Patrick Lavallin.[1]
In 1689, Baggot was chosen as the Member of Parliament for Charleville in the short-lived Patriot Parliament summoned by James II of England in Dublin.[2][3] During the Williamite War in Ireland, he was declared an outlaw by the Williamite English government and fled to France. He remained in exile in France for the rest of his life.[1]
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- ^ a b "Genealogical Office Manuscripts Collection, National Library of Ireland, Department of Manuscripts; GO MS 159: Registered Pedigrees Vol.5; ca.1689-181". catalogue.nli.ie. National Library of Ireland. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
- ^ A John Baggot is also recorded as having represented Doneraile in the same parliament.
- ^ O'Hart, John (1892). "The Irish Parliament of King James the Second in 1689". Irish Pedigrees; or the Origin and Stem of the Irish Nation (5th Edition). Vol. 2. Retrieved 24 September 2023.