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Church
  
Church of England

Ordination
  
1823 (priest)

Predecessor
  
George Murray

Term ended
  
1867 (death)

Successor
  
Thomas Claughton

Elected
  
1860

Diocese
  
Diocese of Rochester

Name
  
Joseph Wigram


Joseph Wigram

Other posts
  
Archdeacon of Winchester 1847–1860

Died
  
April 6, 1867, Grosvenor Square, London, United Kingdom

Parents
  
Sir Robert Wigram, 1st Baronet

Alma mater
  
Trinity College, Cambridge

Place of burial
  
Essex, United Kingdom

Joseph Cotton Wigram (26 December 1798 – 6 April 1867) was a British churchman, archdeacon of Winchester and bishop of Rochester.

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Life

Born at Walthamstow, Wigram was the fifteenth child of Sir Robert Wigram, 1st Baronet (1744–1830). He was the brother of Sir Robert Fitzwygram, 2nd Baronet, Sir James Wigram, Octavius Wigram, Loftus Wigram, and George Wigram. He was educated by private tutors, and proceeded to Trinity College, Cambridge, graduating B.A. as sixth wrangler in 1820, M.A. in 1823, and D.D. in 1860.

He was ordained deacon in 1822, and priest in the year following, and in 1827 was appointed assistant preacher at St. James's, Westminster. In the same year he was also chosen secretary of the National Society for Promoting the Education of the Poor in the Principles of the Established Church, a post which he retained until 1839. On 28 March of that year he was appointed rector of East Tisted in Hampshire, and in 1850 removed to the rectory of St. Mary's, Southampton. On 16 November 1847 he was collated archdeacon of Winchester, and in 1860 was consecrated bishop of Rochester in succession to George Murray.

On 1 March 1837, he had married Susan Maria (died 27 June 1864), daughter of Peter Arkwright of Willersley in Derbyshire and granddaughter of Richard Arkwright junior. By her he had six sons and three daughters.

Sons:

  • Alfred Joseph (1839 - 1904)
  • Arthur Henry (1840 - 1842)
  • Gerrard Andrewes (1842 - 1917) m Selina Wilmot and had Gerrard Edmund (1877 - 1947; he became a vicar)
  • John (1846 - 1943) m Gertrude Mackenzie and had Henry Joseph
  • William Loftus (1852 - 1897)
  • Walter Augustus (1856 - 1921)

    • Daughters:

  • Susan Caroline (1828 - 1923) m: Major George Gooch Clowes
  • Margaret (1843 - 1906) unmarried
  • Edith Katharine (1851 - 1878) m: Atkinson Holden

    • He died in London at 15A Grosvenor Square and was buried on 12 April 1867 beside his wife in the parish church of Latton, Essex.

    Works

    Besides sermons and pamphlets, Wigram was the author of:

  • ‘Practical Elementary Arithmetic,’ London, 1832.
  • ‘Geography of the Holy Land,’ London, 1832; 5th ed. 1855.
  • ‘Practical Hints on the Formation and Management of Sunday Schools,’ London, 1833.
  • ‘The Cottager's Daily Family Prayers,’ Chelmsford, 1862.

    • He also selected and arranged ‘Daily Hymns for the Month,’ London, 1866.

    References

    Joseph Wigram Wikipedia
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