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Bagot, Sir Charles (băg`ət), 1781–1843, British diplomat. As minister to the United States (1815–20) he negotiated the Rush-Bagot Convention Rush-Bagot Convention (rŭsh-băg`ət), 1817, agreement between the United States and Great Britain concerning the Canadian border.
..... Click the link for more information. , which limited armaments along the U.S.-Canadian border. As governor-general of Canada (1841–43), he was instructed by the British cabinet to resist Canadian demands for responsible government along the lines proposed by the earl of Durham Durham, John George Lambton, 1st earl of (dûr` əm)
..... Click the link for more information. . Bagot, however, allowed Robert Baldwin Baldwin, Robert, 1804–58, Canadian statesman, leader of the movement for representative government in Canada, b. York (now Toronto), Ont. His father, William Warren Baldwin (1775–1844), was a leader of the Reform party and a supporter of the principle of
..... Click the link for more information. and Sir Louis LaFontaine LaFontaine, Sir Louis Hippolyte (ləwē` ēpôlēt` läfôNtĕn`)
..... Click the link for more information. to form a ministry on the basis of their parliamentary majority.