John Bagot (1849–1910)

John Bagot J.P. (10 January 1849 – 29 August 1910) was a businessman and politician in the colony of South Australia.

Charles Hervey Bagot, of the 59th Regiment, who arrived in South Australia on the Birman in December 1840.

Bagot was educated at St. Peter's College, then for several years worked for the National Bank of Australasia.

For a long period he was a director of Bagot, Shakes, & Lewis, Limited, Broken Hill Pty., the National Bank, the South Australian Brewing Company, the Alliance Assurance Company, and the South Australian Mining Association.

For several years prior to his death Mr. Bagot was an invalid, and was obliged to retire altogether from public life, living on Pennington Terrace, North Adelaide, where he died.

Bagot's Italianate private residence on North Terrace, circa 1907