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The sitter was born in Kings Stanley, Stroud. Said to be a man of business, banker, merchant and textile mill owner, in 1802 he bought Lypiatt Park Manor, considered to be the grandest house in the town, from Thomas Baghot de la Bere. He may have adopted the name 'Baghott' as from this previous owner, but it was also his first wife's mother's maiden name, with the same spelling. Having an extravagant lifestyle, and possibly a gambler, he went bankrupt three times during his lifetime, on one occasion caught out by the economic decline after the Napoleonic Wars. The Parliamentary Journal described him as 'a man of dubious business practices'. He was married three times, widowed twice and his third wife died in the workhouse in Stroud. In 1810 he was made High Sheriff of Gloucestershire.
This painting is likely to be that exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1813, no. 265, as 'Portrait of Sir Paul Baghott, Proxy for Lord Viscount Strangford KB, at the Installation of Knights of the Bath, June 1st 1812, in King Henry VII´s Chapel, Westminster Abbey'. It commemorates the sitter being asked by Lord Strangford, then serving abroad on business for William IV, to represent him in receiving the Order. In order to do so, on behalf of his friend, Baghott was required to be knighted.
The Museum in the Park
Stroud
Title
Sir Paul Baghott, né Wathen (1770–1838)
Date
1813 or after
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
H 240 x W 145 cm
Accession number
1987.363
Acquisition method
bequeathed, 1987
Work type
Painting