Baron Wigram
Baron Wigram, of Clewer in the County of Berkshire, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.[1] It was created in 1935 for the soldier and court official Sir Clive Wigram, Private Secretary to King George V from 1931 to 1936. He was the grandson of Reverend William Pitt Wigram, ninth and youngest son of Sir Robert Wigram, 1st Baronet, of Walthamstow (see Wigram baronets for earlier history of the family). As of 2017[update] the title is held by his grandson, a former equerry to the Duke of Edinburgh, who succeeded in May 2017. As a descendant of the first Wigram Baronet of Walthamstow, he is also in remainder to this title.
The first Baron's great-grandson, Captain Charles Malet of the Coldstream Guards, served as Assistant Equerry to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II in 2008. Captain Malet was commissioned in 2005 and has served in Afghanistan.
The family seat is Poulton Fields, near Cirencester, Gloucestershire.
Barons Wigram (1935)
- Clive Wigram, 1st Baron Wigram (1873–1960)
- (George) Neville Clive Wigram, 2nd Baron Wigram (1915–2017)
- Andrew Francis Clive Wigram, 3rd Baron Wigram (b. 1949)
The heir apparent is the present holder's elder son, the Hon. Harry Richard Clive Wigram (b. 1977)
See also
References
- ^ "No. 34175". The London Gazette. 28 June 1935. p. 4160.
- Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages [self-published source] [better source needed]