The Bagot, or Bigod, family name is one of the most continuous in England and Ireland linking back to the Battle of Hastings in 1066. Two of the 25 English Baron sureties who signed the Magna Carta in 1215 were Bagots. Sir Charles Bagot (1781-1843) was Governor General of North America 1841-1843, and is noted as being the most important Governor General of Canada where I live