1855 - 1940 (85 years)
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Name |
Alfred Edmund Wigan |
Prefix |
Hon. |
Birth |
15 Jul 1855 |
Gender |
Male |
Death |
30 Nov 1940 |
Person ID |
I84204 |
My Genealogy |
Last Modified |
7 Dec 2019 |
Father |
Rev. William Lewis Wigan, B.A., b. 1817, Hackney, Middlesex, England d. 8 Jan 1876, St Leonards-on-Sea, Sussex, England (Age 59 years) |
Mother |
Caroline Ramsay Akers, b. 6 Oct 1820, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England d. 6 Apr 1910, Larkfield House, Larkfield, East Malling, Kent, England (Age 89 years) |
Marriage |
14 Apr 1849 |
St Mary's Church, West Malling, Kent, England |
Family ID |
F30948 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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Notes |
- Alfred Edmund Wigan, born 1856, the son of Rev. William Lewis Wigan of Clare House, Kent, and Vicar of East Malling. Came to Radley in Summer Term 1870. He was a Prefect, and won the History Essay Prize. He rowed for the VIII in 1873. He left in 1874, and won an Exhibition to Keble College, Oxford. He took a 4th Class Lit. Hum and BA in 1878. He trained as a Barrister at the Middle Temple in 1882, and practised on the Chancery side until 1887. He was an Underwriter for Lloyd's from 1887 until 1899. He then went to Jamaica as a planter. He spent the rest of his life in Jamaica, serving as Commissioner for St Catherine's in 1920, and nominated as a Member of the Legislative Council in 1921. He was a JP for St Catherine's. In 1888 he married Alice Maud, daughter of George Graham, of Yardley, Worcs. He died at Spanish Town, Jamaica on 20th November 1940
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