Henry Lewis Wickham (19 May 1789 – 27 October 1864) was
Receiver General
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* Receiver General for Canada
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of
Gibraltar
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, Chairman of the
Boards of stamps and taxes (1838–1848), and principal private secretary to
Lord Althorp
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when
Chancellor of the Exchequer
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.
He was called to the bar from
Lincoln's Inn
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in 1817. With his cousin,
John Antony Cramer
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Life
He was educated at Westminster and Christ Church, Oxford. He resided in Oxford till 1844, during which time he he ...
, he published a ''A Dissertation on the Passage of Hannibal over the Alps'' (1820).
Born in 1789, he was the only son of the
spymaster
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Historical spymasters
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,
William Wickham.
Wickham was educated at
Westminster School
(God Gives the Increase)
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and
Christ Church, Oxford
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. He married Lucy, youngest daughter of William Markham, of Becca Hall,
Yorkshire
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. Their oldest son,
William
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, was a Member of Parliament for
Petersfield
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.
William Herries
Sir William Herbert Herries (19 April 1859 – 22 February 1923) was an English-born New Zealand politician.
Biography
Herries was born in London, the son of Herbert Crompton Herries, a barrister, and his wife, Leonora Emma Wickham. His gr ...
was his grandson. Wickham was fifth in descent from
Bishop William Wickham,
Bishop of Winchester
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and
Bishop of Lincoln
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.
Wickham died in
Mayfair
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in 1864.
References
1789 births
1864 deaths
People educated at Westminster School, London
Gibraltarian politicians
Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford
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