Joseph Cotton Wigram (26 December 1798 – 6 April 1867) was a British churchman, Archdeacon of Winchester and

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Life

Born at Walthamstow, Wigram was the child of

Eleanor Wigram Eleanor, Lady Wigram (née Watts, formerly Agnew; 1 April 1767 – 23 January 1841) was a British philanthropist based in Walthamstow, London. Life Wigram was born in 1767. Her mother was Eleanor (born Wyatt) and her father was John Watts and he ...

and

Sir Robert Wigram, 1st Baronet Sir Robert Wigram, 1st Baronet (30 January 1744 – 6 November 1830) was a British merchant shipbuilder and Tory politician who sat in the House of Commons of Great Britain and of the United Kingdom between 1802 and 1807. Background Wigram was ...

(1744–1830). He was the brother of

Sir Robert Fitzwygram, 2nd Baronet Sir Robert Fitzwygram, 2nd Baronet, Fellow of the Royal Society, FRS (25 September 1773 – 17 December 1843), born Robert Wigram, was a List of directors of the Bank of England, Director of the Bank of England and a Tories (British political pa ...

Sir James Wigram Sir James Wigram, FRS (1793–1866) was an English barrister, politician and judge. Life He was the third son of Eleanor Wigram and Sir Robert Wigram, 1st Baronet, and younger brother name of Sir Robert Fitzwygram, 2nd Baronet in 1832; another ...

Octavius Wigram Octavius Wigram (18 December 1794 – 20 May 1878) was an English businessman and ship owner in the City of London, a member of Lloyds and Governor of the Royal Exchange Assurance Corporation. Life Born at Walthamstow House, Walthamstow, on 1 ...

Loftus Wigram Loftus Tottenham Wigram QC (6 November 1803 – 19 September 1889) was a British barrister, businessman and Conservative politician. Life Wigram was a younger son of Lady Eleanor and Sir Robert Wigram, 1st Baronet. His numerous brothers included ...

, and

George Wigram George Vicesimus Wigram (28 March 1805 – 1 February 1879) was an English biblical scholar and theologian. Early life He was the 20th child (hence his middle name) of Sir Robert Wigram, 1st Baronet, a famous and wealthy merchant, and the 14th c ...

. He was educated by private tutors, and proceeded to

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, graduating B.A. as sixth wrangler in 1820, M.A. in 1823, and D.D. in 1860. He was ordained deacon in 1822, and priest in the year following, and in 1827 was appointed assistant preacher at St. James's, Westminster. In the same year he was also chosen secretary of the National Society for Promoting the Education of the Poor in the Principles of the Established Church, a post which he retained until 1839. On 28 March of that year he was appointed rector of

East Tisted East Tisted () is a village and civil parish in the East Hampshire district of Hampshire, England. It is 4.8 miles (7.7 km) south of Alton on the A32 road. The village lies 50 miles south-west of London, 14 miles east of the city of Winch ...

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, and in 1850 removed to the rectory of St. Mary's, Southampton. On 16 November 1847 he was collated Archdeacon of Winchester, and in 1860 was consecrated bishop of Rochester in succession to George Murray. On 1 March 1837, he had married Susan Maria (died 27 June 1864), daughter of Peter Arkwright of Willersley in

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and granddaughter of

Richard Arkwright junior Richard Arkwright junior (19 December 1755 – 23 April 1843), the son of Sir Richard Arkwright of Cromford, Derbyshire, was a mills owner, turned banker, investor and financier (creditor) of many successful state and private entreprises of the ...

. By her he had six sons and three daughters. Sons (partial list): * Alfred Joseph (1839 - 1904) * Arthur Henry (1840 - 1842) * Gerrard Andrewes (1842 - 1917) m Selina Wilmot and had Gerrard Edmund (1877 - 1947; he became a vicar) * John (1846 - 1943) m Gertrude Mackenzie and had Henry Joseph * William Loftus (1852 - 1897) * Walter Augustus (1856 - 1921) Daughters (partial list): * Susan Caroline (1828 - 1923) m: Major George Gooch Clowes * Margaret (1843 - 1906) unmarried * Edith Katharine (1851 - 1878) m: Atkinson Holden He died in London at 15A

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and was buried on 12 April 1867 beside his wife in the parish church of Latton,

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Works

Besides sermons and pamphlets, Wigram was the author of: *‘Practical Elementary Arithmetic,’ London, 1832. *‘Geography of the Holy Land,’ London, 1832; 5th ed. 1855. *‘Practical Hints on the Formation and Management of Sunday Schools,’ London, 1833. *‘The Cottager's Daily Family Prayers,’ Chelmsford, 1862. He also selected and arranged ‘Daily Hymns for the Month,’ London, 1866.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wigram, Joseph Cotton 1798 births 1867 deaths Bishops of Rochester Archdeacons of Winchester (ancient) Younger sons of baronets