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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.
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Prepared for import into AtoM by Westminster School Archive staff, 2019-2020
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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.
The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.