Riggs-Miller baronets
The Riggs-Miller Baronetcy, of Ballicasey in the County of Clare, was a title within the
Baronetage of Ireland
.
This title was created on 24 August 1778 for Member of Parliament for Newport. He is best remembered for advocating a reform of the customary system of weights and measures in favor of a scientifically based system. Born as John Miller, he adopted the additional surname of Riggs in 1765, which was the maiden name of his wife, Anna
, the daughter and heiress of Edward Riggs. The title became extinct upon the death of their son, the second Baronet, in 1825.
Riggs-Miller baronets, of Ballicasey (1778)
- Sir John Riggs-Miller, 1st Baronet(died 1798)
- Sir John Edward Augustus Riggs-Miller, 2nd Baronet(1770–1825)
References
- ^ Burke, John (1833). "A General and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire".