Samuel Bagshawe (1713 – 16 August 1762) was an English soldier and politician, originally from Chapel-en-le-Frith in Derbyshire, England.
He was raised by his uncle William Bagshawe at Ford Hall, and was educated at Knutsford and later Wakefield.
[5] He returned to military service in 1740, joining a regiment in Ireland as an officer; by 1760 he had achieved the rank of Colonel, and was pending promotion to Major-General by the time of his death.
[6] In 1746 he was wounded at the Raid on Lorient, losing a leg, and was second in command of British Forces in India, where he suffered vision problems.
Bagshawe died at Reading on 16 August 1762; his body was later removed to his native Chapel-en-le-Frith.