John Bigg (died 1748), of
Grafham, Huntingdonshire (now in Cambridgeshire) was a British politician who sat in the
House of Commons
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from 1715 to 1734.
Bigg was the only son of
John Bigg, MP of Grafham and his wife Frances Pedley, daughter of
Sir Nicholas Pedley, MP of Huntingdon and his first wife Lucy Bernard, daughter of
Sir Robert Bernard, 1st Baronet, MP of Huntingdon. He was exon (an officer rank) of the
Yeomen of the Guard
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from 1689 to 1718. He succeeded his father to Grafham after 1708.
Bigg was returned unopposed as
Member of Parliament
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for
Huntingdonshire
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on the interest of the Duke of Manchester at the
1715 general election. He voted with the Administration on all occasions in that Parliament. He was returned again unopposed in
1722 and in
1727. He voted against the Government on the army in 1732 and on the repeal of the Septennial Act in 1734. He retired from Parliament in
1734 .
[
Bigg died unmarried on 24 March 1748, and left his estates to his sister Lucy for life and then to his friend ]Sir John Bernard, 4th Baronet
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.
References
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1748 deaths
Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies
British MPs 1715–1722
British MPs 1722–1727
British MPs 1727–1734