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Walter Bigg (1606 – 5 August 1659) was an English merchant and politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1659. Bigg was the son of Walter Bigg Senior of Wallingford in
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. He lived in the parish of
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and was a citizen of London and a member of the Worshipful Company of Merchant Taylors. On 6 September 1653 he was elected alderman of the City of London for Castle Baynard ward. He was Sheriff of London in 1654 and Master of the Merchant Taylors for 1654 to 1655. In 1657 he became alderman for Cripplegate ward. In 1659, Bigg was elected Member of Parliament for Wallingford in the Third Protectorate Parliament. He was the founder of Wallingford School. His son, John Bigg, was MP for Huntingdon in 1689.


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bigg, Walter 1606 births 1659 deaths English MPs 1659 People from Wallingford, Oxfordshire Founders of English schools and colleges People from Holborn 17th-century merchants Merchants from London Politicians from London 17th-century English businesspeople 17th-century philanthropists