Sir Robert Wigram, 1st Baronet
Sir Robert Wigram | |
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Born | 30 January 1744 |
Died | 6 November 1830 | (aged 86)
Citizenship | British |
Occupation(s) | Businessman and member of Parliament |
Title | Baronet |
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Sir Robert Wigram, 1st Baronet (30 January 1744 – 6 November 1830) was a British merchant shipbuilder and Tory politician who sat in the House of Commons of Great Britain and of the United Kingdom between 1802 and 1807.
Background
Wigram was born at Wexford, the only son of John Wigram, merchant, of Bristol, and his wife Mary Clifford daughter of Robert Clifford of Wexford and granddaughter of Highgate Boyd.[1]
Public life
In 1762, Wigram took up an apprenticeship with
Wigram became
Wigram died at Walthamstow House, his home at Walthamstow, Essex, at the age of 86.
Family
Wigram was twice married and had a large family of 23 children.[8] His first wife was Catherine Broadhurst, by whom be had six children. Following Catherine's death, in 1787, he married Eleanor (born Watts), widow of Captain Agnew and daughter of John Watts, secretary to the victualling office of Southampton. They had thirteen sons and four daughters.[9] His children included:
- Sir Robert Fitzwygram, 2nd Baronet
- James Wigram
- Octavius Wigram
- Joseph Cotton Wigram
- Loftus Wigram
- George Wigram.
His 12th son, Ely Duodecimus Wigram (1801–69),
His 16th son, Reverend William Pitt Wigram, was the grandfather of Clive Wigram, 1st Baron Wigram. Another descendant was Ralph Wigram, grandson of Joseph Cotton Wigram.
Arms
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References
- ^ John Debrett, William Courthope, Debrett's Baronetage of England
- ^ a b Edmund Burke, John Davis The Annual register, or, A view of the history, politics, and literature for the year 1830, Volume 72
- ISBN 978-1-5262-0136-2
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "F"
- ^ The East India Docks: Historical development, Survey of London: volumes 43 and 44: Poplar, Blackwall and Isle of Dogs (1994), pp. 575-582. Date accessed: 6 February 2009
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 3)
- ^ National Maritime Museum About the Green Blackwall Collection Archived 10 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Register of the Wigram family 1743-1913
- ^ Allen Memorial Art Museum
- ^ Wigram, William Arthur (1913). "Register of the Wigram family, 1743-1913; being a complete record of the descendants of Sir Robert Wigram". London, Hazell. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
- ISBN 9781785512209.
- ^ "Grants and Confirmations of Arms, Vol. C". National Library of Ireland. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
- Gentleman's MagazineObituary 1830
- Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Anne Pimlott Baker, Wigram, Sir Robert, first baronet (1744–1830), 2004
- Lubbock, basil (1922). Blackwall Frigates. available online at [1]
- Robert Wigram; Henry Green (1881). Chronicles of Blackwall yard. available online at [2]