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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.

BIGGE, WILLIAM EDWARD, second son of Thomas Charles Bigge (qv); b. 28 Oct 1778; at school under Vincent (letters from Mary Hartley to Rev. William Gilpin, 28 and 30 Oct 1791); d. at school 24 Oct 1791.

Biggs, George Nixon, only son of Moses George Biggs, M. D., M.R.C.S., of New Wandsworth, by Elizabeth, elder daughter of William Nixon, of Pembrokeshire; b. March 28, 1881; adm. Jan. 18, 1894 (G); left July 1898; St. Thomas's Hospital; L. S. A. 1905; M.B. and B. S. (Durham Univ.) 1905; aural and throat surgeon; practised in Wimpole Street, London; Lieut.-Col. R.A.M.C. (T.) April 1, 1918; was consulting aurist and laryngologist at the Boulogne base and also to the R.A.F. during Great War I; mentioned in despatches; Portuguese military order of Avis; m. Gladys Victoria, second daughter of H. Archer; d. Nov. 10, 1922.

Biggs, Thomas Howard Ashford, son of Edgar Arnold Biggs, artist and pianist, of Chelsea, and Ida Bright Ashford, miniaturist; b. 28 March 1917; adm. Sept. 1930 (G); left after ten days because of ill health and went to Canford Sch.; Lincoln Coll. Oxf., matric. 1936; a prep. school­ master, Broadstairs, 1945-68; author, journalist and archaeologist; RNLI Gold Badge 1974, Bar 1984; author of The Sound of Maroons 1977, The River Medway 1984; m. 1957 Lola Doreen Hussey, 2nd Officer WRNS; d. 1994.

BIGLAND, EDWARD, son of Henry Bigland, Long Whatton and Frolesworth, Leics., and Orme, dau. of Charles Whinyates, Peterborough, Northants.; b. 14 Jul 1710; adm. (aged 13) Nov 1723; in under school list 1724; left 1724; Emmanuel Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 5 Jul 1727, matr. 1727; adm. Middle Temple 27 Feb 1727/8; of Long Whatton, Leics.; m. 1st, 3 Apr 1736 (IGI) Elizabeth, dau. of Charles Pitfield, St. James’s, Westminster; m. 2nd, 11 Apr. 1743 Mary, widow of White Kennett (adm. 1716/7, qv), and dau. of Robert Deepup, Dogsthorpe, Peterboriough, Northants; d. 18 May 1760.

BIGNELL, RICHARD, son of Richard Benjamin Bignell, Middleton Stoney, Oxfordshire, solicitor and banker, and Emily Phillips (IGI); bapt. Banbury, Oxfordshire 12 Oct 1801 (IGI); adm. 15 Jan 1813; left Midsummer 1817.