RIGBY, Sir Alexander (c.1663-1717), of Layton, nr. Liverpool, Lancs.

Family and Education

b. c. 1663, 3rd but 1st surv. s. of Alexander Rigby of Layton Hall and Burgh, Cumb. by Anne, da. of Thomas Birch of Birch Hall, nr. Manchester, Lancs. educ. Padua 1684; travelled abroad (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and Turkey) bef. 1688. m. 6 Feb. 1690, Susanna, da. of Peter Calvert of Nine Ashes, Hunsdon, Herts., 3da. ?1s. illegit. Kntd. 29 Mar. 1696; suc. fa. 1698. H. Fishwick, Hist. Bispham (Chetham Soc. ser. 2, x), 94–105; Vis. Lancs. (Chetham Soc. ser. 1, lxxxviii), 244; HMC Downshire, i. 288–9.

Offices Held

Freeman, Preston 1682; sheriff, Lancs. 1690–1; burgess, Wigan 1695; clerk of the crown at Lancaster 1697–1702, 1706–1710; burgess, Ayr, Dunbar 1708. Preston Guild Rolls (Lancs. and Cheshire Rec. Soc. ix), 193; Wigan RO, Wigan bor. recs. AB/MR/10; Somerville, Duchy of Lancaster Official Lists, 105; Carnegie Lib. Ayr, Ayr bor. recs. B6/18/8; SRO, Dunbar burgh recs. B18/13/2, f. 248, council mins. 27 Sept. 1708.

Commr. Greenwich Hosp. 1695. Add. 10120, ff. 232–6.

Commr. customs [S] 1707–13. Cal. Treas. Bks. xxi. 259.

Parlimentarian

RIGBY, Sir Alexander (c.1663-1717), of Layton, nr. Liverpool, Lancs.

Main residence: Layton, nr. Liverpool, Lancs.

Author

E.C.

R.D.H.

Volume

Commons 1690-1715

Web Title

RIGBY, Sir Alexander (c.1663-1717)