Wickham, Henry Lewis, 1789-1864
- GB-2014-WSA-18108
- Person
- 1789-1864
WICKHAM, HENRY LEWIS, only son of Right Hon. William Wickham PC DCL MP, Bingley, Yorkshire, politician and administrator, Chief Secretary for Ireland, and Eléonore Madeleine, dau. of Louis Bertrand, Professor of Mathematics, Geneva Univ.; b. 19 May 1789; adm. 29 Mar 1799; in school list 1801; KS 1803; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1807, matr. 13 May 1807, Westminster Student; BA 1811; MA 1813; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 30 Apr 1811, called to bar 13 may 1817; Receiver-Gen., Gibraltar; Private Secretary to Viscount Althorp MP when Chancellor of the Exchequer Dec 1830 – Jun 1833; a Commissioner of Excise Dept. Inquiry 1833; a Commissioner for the French Claims 1838; Chairman, Board of Stamps and Taxes 1838-48; Busby Trustee 16 Jun 1846; joint author with his cousin John Antony Cramer (qv) of Dissertation on the Passage of Hannibal over the Alps; m. 19 Jun 1830 Lucy, youngest dau. of William Markham (adm. 1767, qv); d. 27 Oct 1864. DNB.