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General Notes for Child Colonel Walter William Wiggin
The chief houses are Bordesley Hall with Bordesley Park belonging to Lieut.-Colonel H. C. Geast Dugdale, but now the residence of Mr. Alfred Harold Wiggin, J.P., and the Forhill House, the residence of Mr. Walter William Wiggin, J.P.
The Times, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 1936; pg. 19; Issue 47528; col E
Colonel W.W. Wiggin
The funeral took place at Alvechurch yesterday of Colonel Walter William Wiggin. The Rev. G.J. Hodgins officiated, assisted by the Rev. W.E. Catlow. Among those present were:
Brigadier-General E.A. Wiggin (brother), Colonel Sir Charles Wiggin (nephew) and Lady Wiggin. Colonel W.H. Wiggin (nephew) and Mrs. Wiggin. Mr. R.A. Wiggin (nephew), Captain Peter Wiggin (nephew) and Mrs. Wiggin, Major and Mrs. Noel Wilson, Colonel and Mrs. A Lawrence, Captain and Mrs. G.P. Lawrence, Mr. John Wiggin, Mr. and Mrs. J.H. Nettlefold (niece), Lady Salt (niece), Mrs. D.W. Turner (niece).
Earl Fortescue, Sir William Jaffray, Major H. Cartland, Lieutenant-Colonel C.F. Milward (Chairman, Worcestershire County Council), representitives of the Bromsgrove and Redditch Benches, the Devon and Somerset Staghounds, the North Warwickshire Hunt, the Worcestershire Hunt, and the Birmingham Agricultural Exhibition Society.
The Times, Thursday, Feb 04, 1937; pg. 10; Issue 47600; col F
Wills and Bequests
Gifts to Charity
Lieutenant-Colonel Walter William Wiggin, late Queen's Own Worcestershire Yeomanry, of King's Norton, Birmingham, who died on November 4, aged 81, left £180,568, with net personalty £151,031. He left:-
£500 to the Wiggin Cottage Homes at Harborne; and £100 to Clifton College, Bristol.
General Notes for Child Alfred Harold Wiggin
Death Notice in The Times, Wednesday, February 1, 1933; Page 1
1891 Census:
Worcestershire
Northfield
Griffin Hill
Alfred - 27
Margaret (Wife) - 27
William - 3
Hilda - 1
1901 Census:
Worcestershire
Northfield
Griffin Hill
Alfred - 37
Margaret - 37
Hilda - 11
Mary
General Notes for Child Brigadier-General Edgar Askin Wiggin D.S.O., D.L., J.P
The Times, Thursday, Nov 16, 1939; pg. 11; Issue 48464; col D
Funeral Services
Brigadier-General E.A. Wiggin
The funeral service of Brigadier-General Edgar Askin Wiggin, D.S.O, was held at St. Nicholas Church, Warwick, yesterday. The Bishop of Coventry officiated.
The family mourners and others present included:-
Mrs. Wiggin (widow), Captain and Mrs. Peter Wiggin (son and daughter-in-law). Sir Charled Wiggin (nephew), Lady Wiggin, Lieutenant-Colonel and Mrs W.H. Wiggin, Major R.A. Wiggin (nephew), Lieutenant-Colonel A.E. Lawrence (nephew), Mrs. R.C.B. Lawrence (sister), Mrs. J. Nettlefold (niece), Miss M. Wiggin (niece)Mr. V.W. Huntinton, Major H.S. Allbrey, Captain C.A.C. Hazlehurst, Captain Weston Stevens, Miss Weston Stevens, the Hon. Mrs. Bingham.
Mrs. Anthony Eden (also representing Mr. Anthony Eden), Lieutenant-General Sit Arthur Phayre, Sir Henry Fairfax-Lucy, Sir Wathen Waller, Lord and Ladt Ilkeston, Mr. W.S. Buckmaster, Sir William Jaffray, the Hon. A.E. Parker, Colonel and Mrs. J.R.C. Dent, Colonel G. Osborne, Colonel J.H. Alexander, Colonel and Lady Victoria de Trafford, Colonel and Mrs. J.H. Starkey, Sir Lionel Darell, Lady Dormer, Brigadier J. van der Byl (Cavalry Club), Colonel A.J. Palmer (Gloucestershire Hussars), Major Gregory Hood, Colonel C.J.H. Wheatley, Brigadier-General H.O.D. Hickman, Brigadier-General G.A.F. Sanders (County Boy Scouts' Association), Commander E.R.B. Kenble (Chief Constable of Warwickshire).
The Mayor of Warwick, the Warwickshire County Council, and the Warwick Corporation were also represented. The coffin was draped with the Union Jack, and was covered with wreaths of white roses. The interment took place at Newbold Pacey, near Warwick.
The Times, Thursday, Feb 29, 1940; pg. 11; Issue 48552; col F
Brigadier-General Edgar Askin Wiggin, D.S.O., D.L., J.P., late 13th Hussars, of Greys, Mallory, Warwick, who died on November 11, aged 71, left estate of the value of £38,872, with net personalty £34,388. He left:-
£100 to the executors for charities in the twon and County of Warwick; £100 to the 13th Hussars Association; £100 to Warneford Hospital, Leamington; £100 to the Royal Midland Home for Incurables; and £50 to the Hunt Servants' Benefit Society.
The Times, Tuesday, May 21, 1940; pg. 12; Issue 48621; col A
Legal Notices
Brigadier-General Edgar Askin Wiggin deceased. Pursuant to the Trustee Acr 1925, Section 27. Notice is hereby given that all persons having any claims or demands upon or against the estate of Brigadier-General Edgar Askin Wiggin D.S.O., late of Greys Mallory Warwick in the County of Warwick deceased (who died on the eleventh day of November One thousand nine hundred and thirty nine and whose will was proved by Emilie Margaret Wiggin Sir Charles Richard Henry Wiggin and Colonel William Henry Wiggin the Executots therein named on the first day of February One thousand nine hundred and forty in the Birmingham District Registry of the Probate Dicision of His Majesty's High Court of Justice) are hereby required to send in the particulars of their debts or claims to the said Executors at the offices of the undersigned their solicitors on or before the 28th day of July One thousand nine hundred and forty; and notice is hereby also given that aftyer that day the said Executors will proceed to distribute the assets of the said Brigadier-General Edgar Askin Wiggin deceased among the parties entitled thereto having regard only to the claims of which they shall then have had notice and that they will not be responsible for the assets or any part thereof so distributed to any person of whose debt or claim they shall not then have had notice.
Dated this 15th day of May One thousand nine hundred and forty.
Hyland Martineau & Co. 41 Church Street, Birmingham 3. Solicitors for the said Executors.
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c.1917-23/4/1936 Lieutenant-Colonel Walter William Wiggin (1856–1936). He was a son of Sir
Henry Samuel Wiggin, 1st Baronet (1824–1905) by his wife Mary Elizabeth Malins. His brother was Brigadier-General E.A. Wiggin and his nephew was Col. W.H. Wiggin. He was Colonel of the Queen's Own Worcestershire Yeomanry and lived at Forhill House, King's Norton, Birmingham. He married Edith Atkins, daughter of George Caleb Atkins. He died aged 81 on 4 November 1936 at King's Norton, and was buried at Alvechurch on 9 November 1936.[SUP]
[42][/SUP] His obituary in the Colliery Guardian and Journal of the Coal and Iron Trades, 13 November 1936, was as follows:[SUP]
[43][/SUP] "The death has occurred at the age of 80 (sic) of Lieut.-Col. Walter W. Wiggin, who entered his father's business, Henry Wiggin and Co., of Birmingham, at the age of 22, ultimately becoming a director and finally chairman in 1916. He retired in 1920 when the business was merged with the Mond Nickel Co. He had served also as a director of Joseph Lucas and at his death was on the boards of W. and T. Avery, the South Staffordshire Waterworks Co. and Henry Pooley and Son". He lived at Stockleigh when hunting on Exmoor.[SUP]
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