(1733 - 1818), 3rd surv. s. of Sir Walter Bagot, 5th Bt. of Blithfield, Staffs; educ. Westminster and BNC Oxf. 1750; L.Inn 1751; DCL 1764; m. 1783 Frances, dau. of Vct. Andover, h. of her nephew, the 13th E. of Suffolk; changed name to Howard 1783.
1762 - 3 Venice (17 Oct. 1762 - Apr. 1763), Rome (10 - 14 May), Naples (17 May - ), Venice (Jun.) [Geneva, 29 Jul.]
When his friend Charles, 7th Earl of Northampton, was appointed ambassador extraordinary to Venice in 1762, Richard Bagot accompanied him as secretary of the embassy. He told his father of his arrival in a letter of 20 October 1762.1 He may also have taken with him the young architect James Wyatt, whom he was later to employ at Blithfield (DBA). In April 1763 Bagot and Mordaunt attended the dying Countess of Northampton from Venice to Naples; he wrote to his father from Rome on 10 May, and the Countess died in Naples on the 18th, the day after their arrival.2 Bagot returned to Venice, but left soon after, probably with Northampton, who departed on 8 June. Bagot was in Geneva by 29 July. See also Northampton.
1. Horn, 1:85. His itinerary from Bagot MSS, Staffs. RO, d 3260/4, ff.57, 72, 109. 2. Wal.Corr., 22:142, 150.