Edward Bigland (ca. 16205 August 1704) was an English lawyer and politician. He was a Member of Parliament (MP) for

Nottingham Nottingham ( , East Midlands English, locally ) is a City status in the United Kingdom, city and Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority area in Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, England. It is located south-east of Sheffield and nor ...

from 1689 to 1690.

Life

He was the son of Edward Bigland, rector of

East Leake East Leake () is a large village and civil parish in the Rushcliffe district of Nottinghamshire, England, although its closest town and postal address is Loughborough in Leicestershire. Census data from 2021 shows that the village now has a pop ...

Nottinghamshire Nottinghamshire (; abbreviated ''Notts.'') is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands of England. The county is bordered by South Yorkshire to the north-west, Lincolnshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south, and Derbyshire to the west. Th ...

. He matriculated at

Queens' College, Cambridge Queens' College is a Colleges of the University of Cambridge, constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Queens' is one of the 16 "old colleges" of the university, and was founded in 1448 by Margaret of Anjou. Its buildings span the R ...

at Easter 1637, graduating B.A. in 1641, and M.A. in 1644, and becoming a Fellow. He was admitted at

Gray's Inn The Honourable Society of Gray's Inn, commonly known as Gray's Inn, is one of the four Inns of Court (professional associations for barristers and judges) in London. To be called to the bar in order to practise as a barrister in England and Wale ...

, 26 June 1648. He became serjeant-at-law in 1680, and recorder of

. He was M.P. for Nottingham in 1689. He settled at

Long Whatton Long Whatton is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Long Whatton and Diseworth, in the North West Leicestershire district, in the Metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England, English county of Leicestershire. It is ...

Leicestershire Leicestershire ( ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the East Midlands of England. It is bordered by Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire to the north, Rutland to the east, Northamptonshire to the south-east, Warw ...

, and was buried there 5 August 1704.

References

1620s births 1704 deaths Year of birth uncertain Politicians from Nottingham Alumni of Queens' College, Cambridge Members of Gray's Inn English lawyers English MPs 1689–1690 People from East Leake People from Long Whatton Burials in Leicestershire {{1689-England-MP-stub