Loftus Wigram
Loftus Tottenham Wigram QC (6 November 1803 – 19 September 1889) was a British barrister, businessman and Conservative politician.
Wigram was a younger son of Sir Robert Wigram, 1st Baronet, by his second wife Eleanor, daughter of John Watts. His numerous brothers included Sir Robert Fitzwygram, 2nd Baronet (1773–1843), a Director of the Bank of England and a Tory Member of Parliament who changed his name from Wigram to Fitzwygram, Sir James Wigram, a judge, Octavius Wigram, Joseph Cotton Wigram, Bishop of Rochester, and George Wigram.[1][2] He was a part-owner of Wigram and Green, shipbuilders.[3]
In 1850, Wigram was returned to parliament as one of two representatives for Cambridge University, a seat he held until 1859.[4] He was a regular contributor in the House of Commons, speaking 150 times during his nine-year stint in parliament.[5]
Wigram married Lady Katherine Jane, daughter of Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk, in 1849. She died in September 1863. Wigram died in September 1889, aged 85.[2]
References
- ↑ William Courthope, Debrett's Complete Peerage of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1838), p. 605
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 thepeerage.com Loftus Tottenham Wigram
- ↑ nmm.ac.uk The Green Blackwall Collection
- ↑ leighrayment.com House of Commons: Caernarfon to Cambridgeshire South West
- ↑ Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Mr Loftus Wigram
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded by | Member of Parliament for Cambridge University 1850–1859 With: Henry Goulburn 1850–1856 Spencer Horatio Walpole 1856–1859 |
Succeeded by Spencer Horatio Walpole Charles Jasper Selwyn |
