Joseph Wigram

Joseph Wigram
Bishop of Rochester
Church Church of England
Diocese Diocese of Rochester
Elected 1860
Term ended 1867 (death)
Predecessor George Murray
Successor Thomas Claughton
Other posts Archdeacon of Winchester
1847–1860
Orders
Ordination 1823 (priest)
Consecration 1860
Personal details
Born (1798-12-26)26 December 1798
Walthamstow, London
Died 6 April 1867(1867-04-06) (aged 68)
15A Grosvenor Square, London
Buried 12 April 1867, Latton, Essex
Nationality British
Denomination Anglican
Parents Sir Robert Wigram Bt
Spouse Susan Arkwright
m. 1837; d. 1864
Children 6 sons; 3 daughters
Profession Author
Alma mater Trinity College, Cambridge

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

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.[1]

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 1st March1837, he had married Susan Maria (died 27 June 1864), daughter of Peter Arkwright of Willersley in Derbyshire and granddaughter of Richard Arkwright junior.[2] By her he had six sons and three daughters.

Sons:[3]

Daughters:

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:

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

Notes

  1. "Wigram, Joseph Cotton (WGRN815JC)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  2. Cromford Village in Derbyshire - The Arkwright family
  3. Burke's Peerage and Baronetage (106th ed.). Switzerland: Burke's Peerage. pp. 3011–3012.

References

Church of England titles
Preceded by
George Murray
Bishop of Rochester
1860–1867
Succeeded by
Thomas Claughton
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