Sir Frederick Wigan, 1st Baronet
Sir Frederick Wigan, 1st Baronet, J.P., D.L (4 October 1827 – 2 March 1907)[3] of Clare Lawn in Mortlake, Surrey and of Purland Chase in Ross, Herefordshire, was a merchant[4] based at Southwark, in Surrey, near the south end of London Bridge.
Monument to Sir Frederick Wigan, 1st Baronet in Southwark Cathedral, showing arms of Wigan: Vair, on a pile or a mount in base vert thereon a mountain ash tree proper[1][2]
He was born in East Malling, the son of a hop merchant. He was appointed High Sheriff of Surrey in 1894, and knighted that year. In 1898 be became a baronet. He was the first Treasurer of Southwark Cathedral. The Hop Exchange at No. 24 Southwark Street served as the centre for hop trading for the brewing industry. His mural monument with sculpted bust survives in Southwark Cathedral.
Footnotes
- crest:On a mount Vert a mountain ash tree surmounted by a rainbow all Proper. motto: Carpe Diem
- Burke's genealogical and heraldic history of the peerage, baronetage, and knightage, Privy Council, and order of preference,1949
- Obituary.Sir Frederick Wigan The Times (London, England), Monday, Mar 04, 1907; pg. 7; Issue 38271
- ‘WIGAN, Sir Frederick’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 ; online edn, April 2014 accessed 3 June 2017
References
- Obituary, The Times, 4 March 1933
| Baronetage of the United Kingdom | ||
|---|---|---|
| New creation | Baronet (of Clare Lawn and Purland Chase) 1898–1907 |
Succeeded by Frederick Wigan |
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