Family and Education
b. 30 Jan. 1744, o.s. of John Wigram, master of the privateer Boyne, of Wexford by his cos. Mary, da. of Robert Clifford of Wexford.R. S. Wigram, Wigram Fam. on which this account is based, together with Wigram’s grandson’s memoir of him in H. Green and R. Wigram, Chrons. of Blackwall Yard, i. 50-55. m. (1) 19 Dec. 1772, Catherine (d. 22 Jan. 1786), da. of John Brodhurst of Mansfield, Notts., 4s. 2da.; (2) 23 June 1787, Eleanor, da. of John Watts, sec. to the victualling office, of Southampton, wid. of Capt. Agnew, 13s. 4da. suc. fa. 1746; cr. Bt. 30 Oct. 1805.
Offices Held
Sheriff, Essex 1812–13.
Capt. 6 Loyal London vols. 1798, 2nd maj. 1799, lt.-col. 1803; dir. E.I. Dock Co. 1805, chairman 1810; auditor, British Fire Office from 1805.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Walthamstow House, Essex.
Volume
Commons 1790-1820
Web Title
WIGRAM, Robert I (1744-1830)
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