Background
Bigland was born on 15 March 1855, son of Edwin Bigland, of Birkenhead.
Bigland was born on 15 March 1855, son of Edwin Bigland, of Birkenhead.
He was educated at the Quaker school at Sidcot.
Mrs Bigland died in 1931. He was elected to Parliament as a Conservative and Unionist in the 1910 General Election, for the Birkenhead Constituency and in 1918 for the new constituency of East Birkenhead, sitting until defeated in the 1922 General Election by a Liberal. His particular political interest was Tariff reform.
During the Great War, he was responsible for acquiring sufficient quantities of glycerine for the manufacture of cordite propellant.
He also persuaded the War Office to drop its minimum height for recruits to enable "Bantam battalions" to be formed.
29th United Kingdom Parliament. 30th United Kingdom Parliament. 31st United Kingdom Parliament.