Thomas Biggs
Thomas Biggs may refer to: *Sir Thomas Biggs (politician, died 1613) ( 1542–1613), English MP for Evesham, 1604–1611 * Sir Thomas Biggs, 1st Baronet (c. 1577–1621), his son, English politician, MP for Evesham, 1614–1622 *Thomas Biggs of Biggs Island * Tom Biggs (born 1984), rugby union footballer See also *Biggs (surname) Biggs is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include: __NOTOC__ * Mr. Biggs, stage name of Ronald Isley A * Asa Biggs (1811–1878), American politician * Andy Biggs (b. 1958), American politician from Arizona B * Barton Biggs ...

Thomas Biggs (politician, Died 1613)
Sir Thomas Biggs (c. 1542 – 4 May 1613) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1604. Biggs was the son of Thomas Biggs and his wife Magdalene Hoby. He built a mansion at Lenchwick. In 1593 he was High Sheriff of Worcestershire. He became a J.P. in 1601. He was knighted on 23 July 1603. In 1604, he was appointed an alderman of Evesham by the charter on 2 March 1604 and was elected Member of Parliament for Evesham and sat until 1611. He was re-appointed on 3 April 1605. Biggs died at the age of about 70 and was buried in Abbot's Norton Church. Biggs married Ursula Throckmorton, daughter of Clement Throckmorton of Haseley Warwickshire. His son Thomas became a baronet A baronet ( or ; abbreviated Bart or Bt) or the female equivalent, a baronetess (, , or ; abbreviation Btss), is the holder of a baronetcy, a hereditary title awarded by the British Crown. The title of baronet is mentioned as early as the 14th .... References 1540s birt ...
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Sir Thomas Biggs, 1st Baronet
Sir Thomas Biggs, 1st Baronet (c. 1577 – 11 June 1621), was an English politician. Biggs was the son of Sir Thomas Biggs, of Lenchwick, Worcestershire, by Ursula Throckmorton, daughter of Clement Throckmorton, of Haseley, Warwickshire. He was educated at Queen's College, Oxford. He represented Evesham in Parliament in 1614 and again in 1621. In 1620 he was created a baronet, of Lenchwick in the County of Worcester. He sold the family estates at Lenchwick and Norton to Lord Craven. Bigg married Anne Witham, daughter of William Witham, of Leadstone (Ledston), Yorkshire Yorkshire ( ) is an area of Northern England which was History of Yorkshire, historically a county. Despite no longer being used for administration, Yorkshire retains a strong regional identity. The county was named after its county town, the .... They had no children. He died in June 1621 when the baronetcy became extinct. Lady Bigg married as her second husband Sir John Walter. References ...
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Biggs Island
The Henkes Islands are a group of small islands and rocks in extent, lying southwest of Avian Island, close off the southern extremity of Adelaide Island, Antarctica. The islands were discovered by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1908–10, under Jean-Baptiste Charcot, and named by him for one of the Dutch directors of the Magellan Whaling Company at Punta Arenas. Charcot applied the name to the scattered rocks and islands between Cape Adriasola and Cape Alexandra, and the name was restricted to the group described by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UKAPC) following definitive mapping by the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) in 1961 and the British Royal Navy Hydrographic Survey (BRNHS) in 1963. All of the islands in the group were named by UKAPC. Worth Reef is an arc of rocks forming the northernmost part of the Henkes Islands. They were named for Acting Corporal David A. Worth of the BRNHS. The easternmost of the Henkes Islands is Biggs Island, actually a small isla ...
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Tom Biggs
Tom Biggs (born 22 August 1984) is an English former rugby union footballer who most recently played for Worcester Warriors. His usual position was at wing. Biggs featured in the Zurich Premiership, Powergen Cup and European Cup. He has a twin brother. Rugby career Biggs had not played any club rugby before joining the Yorkshire U18s, having only played with his school team at Hymers College. Biggs was spotted by the then Tykes Academy boss Stuart Lancaster and was asked to join the Tykes' Academy side. Before the 2004–05 Zurich Premiership season, Biggs was considering a part-time rugby career with National Division Two team Harrogate, having failed to make an appearance in the Leeds Tykes first team. At the time, he was working in a cinema and in a pea factory to supplement his life as a business student at Leeds Metropolitan University, but by the end of the season he had collected a Powergen Cup winners medal. He had been recalled by Tykes coach Phil Davies on the ev ...
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