Clive Wigram, 1st Baron Wigram

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Sir Alexander Hardinge
Personal details
Born(1873-07-05)5 July 1873
Died3 September 1960(1960-09-03) (aged 87)
NationalityBritish
SpouseNora Wigram (née Chamberlain)
Children3
Education
Tirah Expedition
Second Boer War

Clive Wigram, 1st Baron Wigram,

FZS (5 July 1873 – 3 September 1960) was a British Indian Army officer and courtier. He was Private Secretary to the Sovereign
from 1931 to 1936.

Parentage and education

Wigram was the son of Herbert Wigram. His grandfather the Reverend William Pitt Wigram was the ninth and youngest son of Sir Robert Wigram, 1st Baronet, who was a prominent merchant.[1] Clive was educated at Winchester College, of which he later became a Fellow.[1] After Winchester, he attended the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich.

Military career

After passing out from the Royal Military Academy in 1893, Wigram was commissioned a second lieutenant on 4 October.

mentioned in despatches. He was back as squadron officer in the 18th Bengal Lancers in April 1902, and was promoted to captain on 4 October 1902.[5]

Court positions

Between 1905 and 1906 Wigram served as Assistant

Chief of Staff to the Prince of Wales in India.[1] On 19 March 1906, he was promoted to the brevet rank of major[6] and was appointed Equerry to the Prince of Wales, an office he held until the Prince became King in 1910. Promoted to the substantive rank of major on 4 October 1911,[7] while in India he played first-class cricket for the Europeans club. Wigram then served as Assistant Private Secretary and Equerry to the King from 1910 to 1931. He was promoted to the brevet rank of lieutenant colonel on 3 June 1915.[8] In 1915 he was promoted to lieutenant colonel, and later to brevet colonel
. In 1919 he was promoted to colonel.

In 1931 Wigram was promoted to

Boy Scouts[10]

Wigram was made a

Privy Council in 1932 and in 1935 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Wigram, of Clewer in the County of Berkshire.[18] He was further honoured in 1937 when he received the Royal Victorian Chain.[19] He also received the Royal Household Long and Faithful Service Medal
with 30 year service bar for His service to the Royal Family.

Family

Lord Wigram married Nora Mary, the daughter of

Sir Neville Francis Fitzgerald Chamberlain
, in 1912. She died in 1956. He survived her by four years until he died in 1960 aged 87. The couple had three children:

References

  1. ^
    ISBN 978-0-19-954089-1
    . Retrieved 3 April 2021.
  2. ^ London Gazette, 3 October 1893
  3. ^ London Gazette, 15 February 1898
  4. ^ "No. 27173". The London Gazette. 13 March 1900. p. 1714.
  5. ^ "No. 27516". The London Gazette. 16 January 1903. p. 313.
  6. ^ London Gazette, 20 March 1906
  7. ^ London Gazette, 21 November 1911
  8. ^ London Gazette, 3 June 1915
  9. ^ "No. 37019". The London Gazette. 6 April 1945. p. 1851.
  10. ^ www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
  11. ^ "No. 30723". The London Gazette (Supplement). 3 June 1918. p. 6528.
  12. ^ "No. 33722". The London Gazette (Supplement). 3 June 1931. p. 3626.
  13. ^ "No. 33946". The London Gazette (Supplement). 3 June 1933. p. 3802.
  14. ^ "No. 27539". The London Gazette. 31 March 1903. p. 2140.
  15. ^ "No. 29024". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 January 1915. p. 3.
  16. ^ "No. 33343". The London Gazette (Supplement). 2 January 1928. p. 6.
  17. ^ "No. 28559". The London Gazette (Supplement). 12 December 1911. p. 9358.
  18. ^ "No. 34175". The London Gazette. 28 June 1935. p. 4160.
  19. ^ "No. 34396". The London Gazette (Supplement). 11 May 1937. p. 3083.
  20. ^ "Casualty Details. CWGC".
  21. ^ "WIGRAM, FRANCIS CLIVE". winchestercollegeatwar.com.

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Court offices
Preceded by Private Secretary to the Sovereign
1931–1936 		Succeeded by
Sir Alexander Hardinge
Peerage of the United Kingdom
New creation Baron Wigram
1935–1960 		Succeeded by
George Wigram
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