Digby Cayley Wrangham

Digby Cayley Wrangham (1805–1863) was an English barrister and politician.

Life

He was the second son of Francis Wrangham. He graduated B.A. with a double first-class from Brasenose College, Oxford, in 1826. After leaving Oxford, he was for some years private secretary to Lord Aberdeen in the Foreign Office.[1]

Called to the bar from Gray's Inn in 1831,[1] Wrangham was the same year elected Member of Parliament for Sudbury.[2] He was created Queen's serjeant in 1847, and became father of the parliamentary bar.[1]

Family

Wrangham married Amelia, daughter of Walter Fawkes. They had two sons and two daughters. Of the sons, Digby Strangeways Wrangham was a clergyman and writer.[2][3][4]

Notes

  1. 1 2 3  Lee, Sidney, ed. (1900). "Wrangham, Francis". Dictionary of National Biography 63. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
  2. 1 2 historyofparliamentonline.org, Wrangham, Digby Cayley (1805-1863), of Wilton Crescent, Mdx.
  3. ↑ John Burke (1835). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland, Enjoying Territorial Possessions Or High Official Rank: But Uninvested with Heritable Honours. Henry Colburn. pp. 311–2. Retrieved 24 August 2013.
  4. ↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory. Oxford University Press. 1861. p. 49. Retrieved 24 August 2013.
Attribution

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Lee, Sidney, ed. (1900). "Wrangham, Francis". Dictionary of National Biography 63. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 

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