Wickham may refer to:

Places

Australia

* Wickham, New South Wales, a suburb of Newcastle *

Wickham, Northern Territory __NOTOC__ Wickham is a locality in the Northern Territory of Australia located about south-east of the territory capital of Darwin City and which overlooks Darwin Harbour. Wickham is located on land and adjoining waters associated with a peni ...

, a locality * Wickham, Western Australia, a town *

Wickham River The Wickham River is an ephemeral river, located in the Victoria Bonaparte bioregion of the Northern Territory in Australia. Course and features The headwaters of the Wickham River are situated on an area of rugged stony hills and a sandstone p ...

, an ephemeral river in the Northern Territory

Canada

* Wickham Parish, New Brunswick **

Wickham, New Brunswick Wickham is a rural community located in Wickham Parish in Queens County, New Brunswick, Canada. It is located on the shore of the Saint John River immediately next to the community of Kars. It was formerly connected to Hampstead via the Hamp ...

, an unincorporated community therein *

Wickham, Quebec Wickham is a municipality located in the Centre-du-Québec region of Quebec. The population as of the Canada 2011 Census was 2,470. Demographics Population Population trend:Statistics Canada: Canada 1996 Census, 1996, Canada 2001 Census, 2001, ...

England

Wickham, Berkshire Wickham is a village about north-west of Newbury, Berkshire, England. The M4 motorway passes just north of it. It is in the civil parish of Welford. History Wickham is on the course of a Roman road that linked Calleva Atrebatum ( Silches ...

Wickham, Hampshire Wickham () is a large village and Civil parishes in England, civil parish in Hampshire, England, about three miles north of Fareham. At the 2001 census, it had a population of 4,816, falling to 4,299 at the 2011 Census. Wickham has a wide an ...

Wickham Bishops Wickham Bishops is a village and civil parish in the Maldon district of Essex, England. It is located around three miles north of the town of Maldon and around two miles south-east of Witham, in whose post town it lies. The place name ''Wickham ...

, Essex *

Wickham Market Wickham Market is a large village and electoral ward situated in the River Deben valley of Suffolk, England, within the Suffolk Coastal heritage area. It is on the A12 trunk road north-east of the county town of Ipswich, north-east of Wood ...

, Suffolk * Wickham Skeith, Suffolk * Wickham St. Paul, Essex * East Wickham, south-east London *

West Wickham, Cambridgeshire West Wickham is a village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire, England, 10 miles south-east of Cambridge on the border with Suffolk. History The parish of West Wickham and Streetly End is approximately rectangular and covers an area of 2, ...

* West Wickham, south-east London

Other Places

Wickham, West Virginia Wickham is an unincorporated community in Raleigh County, West Virginia West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian, Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States.The Census Bureau and the Association of American Geographer ...

, in Raleigh County, U.S. *

Wickham, Hampshire County, West Virginia Wickham is an extinct unincorporated community in Hampshire County in the U.S. state of West Virginia. It originally developed as a stop on the South Branch Valley Railroad in the Trough. Wickham is located within a gap in Mill Creek Mountain on ...

Wickham Island (disambiguation) Wickham Island may refer to a number of places named after John Clements Wickham: Australia Two islands in Western Australia: * Wickham Island (Kimberley coast), an island in the Timor Sea * Wickham Island (Recherche Archipelago), an island off the ...

People

Characters

Bobbie Wickham Roberta "Bobbie" Wickham is a recurring fictional character in the Jeeves and Mr. Mulliner stories of English comic writer P. G. Wodehouse, being a mischievous red-headed girl who is fond of practical jokes. She is a friend and one-time love int ...

, in P. G. Wodehouse's Jeeves stories *

George Wickham George Wickham is a fictional character created by Jane Austen who appears in her 1813 novel ''Pride and Prejudice''. George Wickham is introduced as a militia officer who has a shared history with Mr. Darcy. Wickham's charming demeanour and his ...

, principal villain in Jane Austen's 1813 novel ''Pride and Prejudice'' * William Wickham, recurring character of '' Poldark'' fifth season

Given name

* Wickham Skinner, professor at the Harvard Business School

Surname

* Anna Wickham (1884–1947), pseudonym of Edith Mary Harper, English poet *

Archie Wickham Archdale Palmer Wickham (9 November 1855 – 13 October 1935) was an English Anglican clergyman, first-class cricketer and entomologist. Clerical career Wickham was the son of the Rev. Edmund Dawe Wickham of Holmwood, and was educated at Marlb ...

(1855–1935), first-class cricketer who played for Somerset County Cricket Club from 1891 to 1907 * Charles Wickham (disambiguation) *

Charles Wickham (police officer) Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Charles George Wickham, KCMG, KBE, DSO (11 September 1879 - 20 July 1971) was a British Army officer, commander of the Royal Ulster Constabulary (1922–1945) and adviser to British police in various colonies of the Empire. ...

(1879–1971), commander of the Royal Ulster Constabulary (1922–1945) *

Charles Preston Wickham Charles Preston Wickham (September 15, 1836 – March 18, 1925) was a 19th-century congressman and judge from Norwalk, Ohio, Norwalk, Huron County, Ohio, Huron County, Ohio. Biography Wickham attended the public schools, the Norwalk Academy, an ...

(1836–1925), American congressman from Ohio * Christopher Wickham (born 1950), Chichele Professor of Medieval History at Oxford * Connor Wickham (born 1993), English footballer *

David Wickham David Wickham (born 1966) is a British concert pianist, music director and conductor. He was born in Worthing, West Sussex. Performing career As an accompanist, Wickham has worked with Sara Macliver, Aivale Cole, Taryn Fiebig, Michael Goldschl ...

(born 1966), British Pianist, Conductor and Music Director *

Edward Wickham Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Thomas Ruscombe Wickham (4 May 1890 – 25 August 1957) was a Conservative Party politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Taunton from 1935 until 1945. He had previously served in India from 1910 un ...

(1890–1957), British Conservative politician *

Enoch Tanner Wickham Enoch Tanner Wickham (E.T.), 1882–1970, was a self-taught folk artist who built life-size concrete statues along a rural road in Palmyra, Tennessee. Wickham began his creations in 1950 at the age of 67 after retiring from being a tobacco farme ...

(1883–1970), American folk artist *

Florence Wickham Florence Pauline Wickham Lueder (1880October 20, 1962) was an American contralto who made an international career at major opera houses such as the Metropolitan Opera in New York City. After retiring from the stage, she composed several ballets an ...

(1880–1962), American operatic contralto *

Geoffrey Wickham Geoffrey Gordon Wickham (born 28 October 1933) is one of the pioneers of cardiac pacemaking. He was born in 1933 in Camperdown, Victoria, Australia to dairy farmer parents. In 1963 he co-founded the medical instruments company Telectronics P ...

(born 1933), Australian pioneer of cardiac pacemaking, co-founder of Telectronics *

Glynne Wickham Glynne William Gladstone Wickham (15 May 1922–27 January 2004) was a British Shakespearean and theatre scholar. Life Wickham was born in Cape Town, and was the great-grandson of William Ewart Gladstone. He was educated at Winchester College and ...

(1922–2004), British Shakespearean and theatre scholar * Hadley Wickham, New Zealand statistician *

Henry Wickham (explorer) Sir Henry Alexander Wickham (29 May 1846 – 27 September 1928) was a British explorer. He was the first person to successfully export a large, viable shipment of Brazilian rubber seeds to the British Empire. The British had long planned to ...

(1846–1928), British explorer *

Henry Wickham Wickham Henry Wickham Wickham (1800 – 23 September 1867) was British Conservative party politician. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Bradford in West Yorkshire West Yorkshire is a metropolitan and ceremonial county in the Yorkshire and Hu ...

(1800–1876), British Conservative politician * Joe Wickham (1890–1968), former General Secretary of the Football Association of Ireland *

John Wickham (attorney) John Wickham (June 6, 1763 – January 22, 1839) was an American Loyalist, attorney and slaveholder. One of very few Loyalists to achieve any sort of national prominence in the United States after the American Revolution, Wickham may be bes ...

(1736–1839), American attorney *

John Adams Wickham, Jr. John Adams Wickham Jr. (born June 25, 1928) is a retired United States Army general who served as the United States Army Chief of Staff from 1983 to 1987. Early life and education Wickham was born on June 25, 1928, in Dobbs Ferry, New York. He g ...

(born 1928), U.S. Army Chief of Staff (1983–87) * John Clements Wickham (1798–1864), Australian naval officer on Darwin's ''HMS Beagle'', judge in Queensland * Joseph Wickham (disambiguation) * Keith Wickham (born 1965), British voice actor *

Kevin Wickham Kevin John Wickham (21 July 1939 – 4 July 2020) was an Australian representative rowing coxswain. He competed as coxswain in the men's eight event at the 1964 Summer Olympics. Rowing career Wickham was raised in Colac, Victoria. His s ...

(1939–2020), Australian rower *

Louis Frédéric Wickham Louis Wickham's grave in Neuilly-sur-Seine community cemetery Louis Frédéric Wickham (28 February 1861, Paris – 14 October 1913, Mesnil-le-Roi) was a French physician and pathologist remembered for describing Wickham striae. He trained ...

(1861–1913), French physician and pathologist *

Madeleine Wickham Madeleine Sophie Wickham, known by her pen name Sophie Kinsella, is an English author. The first two novels in her best-selling Shopaholic series, ''The Secret Dreamworld of a Shopaholic'' and ''Shopaholic Abroad'', were adapted into the film ...

(born 1969), British bestselling author of chick lit as Sophie Kinsella * Nick Wickham, British film and television director *

Parker Wickham Parker Wickham (February 28, 1727–May 22, 1785) was a Loyalist (American Revolution), Loyalist politician who was banished from the State of New York under dubious circumstances. Wickham was the oldest son of Joseph Wickham and Abigail Parker ...

(1727–1785), New York Loyalist politician * Phil Wickham (born 1984), American Christian musician *

Reginald Wickham Reginald William Wickham (4 March 1871 – 4 December 1952) was an English first-class cricketer. The son of William Wickham Wickham and his wife, Katherine Henrietta Fairfax, he was born at Wetherby in March 1871. He toured the West Indies wit ...

(1871–1952), English cricketer * Saskia Wickham (born 1967), British actress *

Steve Wickham Steve Wickham is an Irish musician. Originally from Marino, Dublin, but calling Sligo home,Ted Wickham (1911–1994), Bishop of Middleton from 1959 to 1982 *

Tracey Wickham Tracey Lee Wickham (born 24 November 1962 in Rosebud, Victoria) is an Australian former middle distance swimmer. Wickham was the World Champion for the 400 m and 800 m freestyle in 1978, and won gold in both events at the 1978 and 1982 Commonwe ...

(born 1962), Australian swimmer *

Vicki Wickham Vicki Heather Wickham (born 1939) is an English talent manager, entertainment producer, and songwriter. Career Wickham was an assistant producer of the 1960s British television show ''Ready Steady Go!'', and was fashion consultant for the short ...

(born 1939), English talent manager * Vincent Schofield Wickham (1894–1968), Editorial artist, sculptor *

William Wickham (bishop) William Wickham (Wykeham) (1539 – 11 June 1595) was an English bishop. Life He was educated at Eton College and King's College, Cambridge, where he was a Fellow in 1559, and M.A. 1564. He was a fellow of Eton in 1568, and vice-provost there a ...

(1539–1595), English bishop *

William Wickham (1761–1840) William Wickham (11 November 1761 – 22 October 1840) was a British spymaster and a director of internal security services during the French Revolutionary Wars. He was credited with disrupting radical conspiracies in England but, appointed Ch ...

, British politician *

William H. Wickham William Hull Wickham (July 30, 1832 – January 13, 1893) was the 81st Mayor of New York City and anti-Ring Democrat who helped to topple corrupt politician Boss Tweed. Early life Wickham was born in Smithtown on Long Island, but was raise ...

(1832–1893), mayor of New York (1875–76) *

Williams Carter Wickham Williams Carter Wickham (September 21, 1820 – July 23, 1888) was a Virginia lawyer and politician. A plantation owner who served in both houses of the Virginia General Assembly, Wickham also became a delegate to the Virginia Secession Conventi ...

(1820–1888), Confederate Brigadier General and Virginian politician

Other uses

Wickham A Bluebird The Wickham A Bluebird is an all-metal four passenger homebuilt aircraft designed by Boeing engineer Jim Wickham. Design The Bluebird is an all-metal four place strut-braced high-wing aircraft with conventional landing gear. The wings feature f ...

, a home-built aircraft *

Wickhams (department store) Wickhams was a department store on the north side of the Mile End Road in London's East End, closing in the 1960s. History The Wickham family were originally drapers, trading from 69, 71 and 73 Mile End Road. No. 75 was occupied by the Spiegel ...

(now closed), in London *

Wickham trolley The Wickham trolley was a railway engineering personnel carrier built by D. Wickham & Co of Ware, Hertfordshire. This long established firm introduced their rail trolley in 1922 as a lightweight track inspection and maintenance vehicle. This was ...

, a railway engineering personnel carrier *

Wickham striae Wickham striae are whitish lines visible in the papules of lichen planus and other dermatoses, typically in the oral mucosa. The microscopic The microscopic scale () is the scale of objects and events smaller than those that can easily be see ...

, a skin condition named after Louis Frédéric Wickham