- Wiggin Baronets
The Wiggin Baronetcy, of Metchley Grange in Harborne in the County of Stafford, is a title in the
Baronetage of the United Kingdom . It was created on17 June 1892 for Henry Wiggin. He was the founder of Henry Wiggin and Co Ltd, manufacturers of specialty metal products, and also represented Staffordshire East (as a Liberal) and Handsworth (as aLiberal Unionist ) in the House of Commons. The second Baronet wasHigh Sheriff of Staffordshire in 1896. The third Baronet was aColonel in the Army and served asHigh Sheriff of Warwickshire in 1942. The fourth Baronet was High Sheriff of Warwickshire from 1975 to 1976 and aDeputy Lieutenant of the county in 1985.The family seat is
Honington Hall , nearStratford on Avon ,Warwickshire .Wiggin Baronets, of Metchley Grange (
1892 )*Sir Henry Samuel Wiggin, 1st Baronet (1824-1905)
*Sir Henry Arthur Wiggin, 2nd Baronet (1852-1917)
*Sir Charles Richard Henry Wiggin, 3rd Baronet (1885-1972)
*Sir John Henry Wiggin, 4th Baronet (1921-1992)
*Sir Charles Rupert John Wiggin, 5th Baronet (b. 1949)Other members of the Wiggin family
The Conservative politician Sir Jerry Wiggin is the son of Colonel Sir William Henry Wiggin (1888-1951), son of Alfred Harold Wiggin, fourth son of the first Baronet. His son is the Conservative politician
Bill Wiggin . Edgar Askin Wiggin (1867-1939), fifth son of the first Baronet, was aBrigadier-General in the Army.References
*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). "Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage" (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
* [http://www.angeltowns.com/town/peerage/ Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page]
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