Background
Wiggin was born at Cheadle, Staffordshire, the son of William Wiggin of Cheadle.
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Henry Wiggin
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He owned a nickel and cobalt refining and manufacturing business. In 1870 he took over Evans & Askin, founded by Brooke Evans, which became Henry Wiggin & Company, manufacturers of speciality metal products. He was also a Director of the Midland Railway, the South Staffordshire Water Works Company, the Birmingham Joint Stock Bank, and Muntz"s Metal Company
He was a governor of King Edward"s School, Birmingham, Justice of the Peace for Worcestershire and Birmingham, and Deputy Lieutenant of Staffordshire.
He was then elected Member of Parliament for Handsworth and held the seat until 1892. Wiggin became a baronet on 17 June 1892.
Wiggin died at the age of 81. Wiggin married Mary Elizabeth Malins 11 June 1851, and lived at Metchley Grange, Harborne, Birmingham.
A portrait of Wiggin, in oil, hangs in the Marriot Hotel in central Birmingham.
Foreign at least two decades the sitter"s identity was lost, but was re-identified in 2014.
Membership
22nd United Kingdom Parliament. 23rd United Kingdom Parliament. 24th United Kingdom Parliament]
In 1880 Wiggin was elected Member of Parliament for East Staffordshire and held the seat until the reorganisation of 1885.
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United Kingdom