BIDWELL, THOMAS, son of Thomas Bidwell, Chief Clerk, Foreign Office, and Deputy Ranger of Hyde Park, and Elizabeth Sandham (IGI); b. 1775; adm. 17 Jan 1786; in school list Dec 1788; a Clerk in Foreign Office 20 Oct 1790 - 28 Mar 1822, Senior Clerk 28 Mar 1822 - 2 Feb 1824, Chief Clerk 2 Feb 1824 - retd. 5 Apr 1841; Deputy Clerk of the Signet, c. 1804 - res. Mar 1841; m. 26 Feb 1805 Mary Anne, second dau. of Shelford Bidwell, Thetford, Norfolk; d. 1 May 1852.
BIGGE, ---; b.; in school list 1750. [Presumably William Edward Bigge, brother of Thomas Charles Bigge (qv), b. 1740, a Sworn Clerk to Six Clerks in Chancery (occurs 1769), d. 1774 (will proved PCC 18 Jun 1774, as of Edlington, co. Durham)]
BIGGE, CHARLES JOHN, eldest son of Charles William Bigge (qv); b. 11 Apr 1803; adm. (G) 9 Jun 1814; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 28 Mar 1821; partner in Old Bank, Newcastle-upon-Tyne c. 1823-39, subsequently dir. Northumberland and District Bank, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; m. 23 May 1833 Lewis Marianne, eldest dau. of Prideaux John Selby, Ightham Mote, Kent; d. 16 Mar 1846.
BIGGE, CHARLES RICHARD, youngest son of Thomas Bigge, Bryanston Square, Hyde Park, London, and Beddington, Surrey, and Maria, dau. of Thomas Rundell, Bath; b. 6 Nov 1808; adm. (G) 19 Jan 1818; left 8 Aug 1823; m. 19 May 1835 Kate Scovell (IGI); d. 21 Apr 1874. [perhaps Cornet, 13th Light Dragoons 25 Dec 1823, retd. 20 Jan 1825]
BIGGE, CHARLES WILLIAM, eldest son of Thomas Charles Bigge (qv); b. 28 Oct 1773; adm. 10 Jun 1784; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 19 May 1791, Canoneer Student 24 Dec 1794 - res 12 Dec 1800; BA 1795; MA 1798; adm. Middle Temple 19 Nov 1795; of Linden, Northumberland; DL Northumberland, High Sheriff 1802; Chairman, Northumberland QS 1829-40; partner, Old Bank, Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1806-39; m. 27 Jan 1802 Alicia, only dau. of Christopher Wilkinson, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; d. 8 Dec 1849.
BIGGE, EDWARD THOMAS, third son of Charles William Bigge (qv); b. 19 Oct 1807; adm. (G) 22 Sep 1821; University Coll. Oxford, matr. 22 May 1828; BA 1832; MA 1835; Fellow of Merton Coll. 1833, later Tutor and Dean; ordained deacon 25 May 1834, priest 14 Jun 1835; Vicar of Eglingham, Northumberland, from 1837; Archdeacon of Lindisfarne from 15 Sep 1842; his name was remembered at Merton Coll. as the introducer of an especially strong ale, known as “archdeacon”; d. unm. 3 Apr 1844.
BIGGE, HENRY LANCELOT, second son of Charles William Bigge (qv); b. 10 May 1806; adm. (G) 21 May 1818; KS 1820; University Coll. Oxford, matr. 19 Oct 1824; Cadet, EICS Bengal 1827; Ensign, 66th Native Infantry, 10 May 1828; Lieut., 13 Mar 1834; Capt., 16 May 1844; d. unm. at Bakerganj, Dacca, Bengal, 9 Dec 1844.
BIGGE, JOHN THOMAS, son of Thomas Charles Bigge (qv); b. 8 Mar 1780; in school lists 1795, 1797; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 4 May 1797, Canoneer Student 23 Dec 1800 - 2 Jul 1810 (void); BA 1801; MA 1804; adm. Inner Temple 30 Mar 1801, called to bar 7 Feb 1806; Chief Justice of Trinidad 1814-8; Commissioner of Inquiry into Colony of New South Wales 1819-23; also ordered to report on official conduct of William Sorell (qv) as Lieut. -Governor of Van Diemen’s Land (Tasmania) 1820; his report, which led to Sorell’s recall, was dated 26 Aug 1823; headed commission of enquiry into administration and finance of Cape of Good Hope, Mauritius and Ceylon 1823-9; d. unm. 22 Dec 1843.
BIGGE, THOMAS CHARLES, son of William Bigge, Little Benton, Northumberland, one of the Six Clerks in Chancery, and Mary, dau. of Charles Clarke, Ovingham, Northumberland; b. 24 Jan 1739; adm. Oct. 1750 (Grant's); in school list 1754; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 31 Mar 1757; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 14 Apr 1755; Grand Tour (Italy) 1764-5; High Sheriff Northumberland 1771; contested Morpeth 1774; m. 6 Nov 1772 Jemima, dau. of William Ord MP, Fenham, Northumberland; d. 10 Oct 1794.
BIGGE, THOMAS HANWAY, youngest son of Thomas Charles Bigge (qv); b.; at school under Vincent (Al. West., 1852, 488); partner, Old Bank, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, from 1806; m. 26 Mar 1814 Charlotte, dau. of Rev. James Scott, Rector of St. Lawrence, Southampton, and Vicar of Itchenstoke, Hampshire; d. 14 Dec 1824, aged 41.