Loftus Tottenham Wigram QC (6 November 1803 – 19 September 1889) was a British barrister, businessman and

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politician.

Life

Wigram was a younger son of

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. His numerous brothers included Sir Robert Fitzwygram, 2nd Baronet (1773–1843), a Director of the Bank of England and a Tory Member of Parliament who changed his name from Wigram to Fitzwygram, Sir James Wigram, a judge, Octavius Wigram, Joseph Cotton Wigram,

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, and

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/ref> He was a part-owner of Wigram and Green, shipbuilders. In 1850, Wigram was returned to parliament as one of two representatives for

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, a seat he held until 1859. He was a regular contributor in the

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, speaking 150 times during his nine-year stint in parliament. Wigram married Lady Katherine Jane, daughter of

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, in 1849. She died in September 1863. Wigram died in September 1889, aged 85.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wigram, Loftus Tottenham 1803 births 1889 deaths Younger sons of baronets UK MPs 1847–1852 UK MPs 1852–1857 UK MPs 1857–1859 19th-century King's Counsel Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for the University of Cambridge Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies