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

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, in 1826. After leaving Oxford, he was for some years private secretary to

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in the Foreign Office.

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from

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in 1831, Wrangham was the same year elected Member of Parliament for

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.historyofparliamentonline.org, ''Wrangham, Digby Cayley (1805-1863), of Wilton Crescent, Mdx.''
/ref> He served until 1832, then was created

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in 1847, and became father of the parliamentary bar.

Family

Wrangham married Amelia, daughter of

Walter Fawkes Walter Ramsden Hawkesworth Fawkes (2 March 1769 – 24 October 1825) was a Yorkshire landowner, writer and Member of Parliament (MP) for Yorkshire from 1806 to 1807. Biography Walter Fawkes was born at Hawkesworth Hall, near Guiseley, into a ...

. They had two sons and two daughters. Of the sons, Digby Strangeways Wrangham was a clergyman and writer.

Notes

;Attribution {{DEFAULTSORT:Wrangham, Francis 1805 births 1863 deaths Alumni of Brasenose College, Oxford English barristers Principal Private Secretaries to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies People from Hunmanby Presidents of the Oxford Union UK MPs 1831–1832 19th-century English lawyers