Loftus Wigram

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

Life

Wigram was a younger son of Lady Eleanor and Sir Robert Wigram, 1st Baronet. 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, Bishop of Rochester, and George Wigram.^[1][2]

He was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, matriculating in 1821, graduating B.A. (8th Wrangler) in 1825 (M.A. in 1828).^[3] He was admitted to Lincoln's Inn in 1824, and called to the bar in 1828.

He was a part-owner of Wigram and Green, shipbuilders.^[4]

In 1850, Wigram was returned to parliament as one of two representatives for Cambridge University, a seat he held until 1859.^[5] He was a regular contributor in the House of Commons, speaking 150 times during his nine-year stint in parliament.^[6]

Wigram married Lady Katherine Jane, daughter of Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk, in 1849. She died in September 1863. Wigram died in September 1889, aged 85.^[2]