The Wiggin Baronetcy, of Metchley Grange in

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in the

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and of Garth Gwynion in

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in the County of Montgomery, is a title in the

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. It was created on 17 June 1892 for

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. He was the founder of Henry Wiggin and Co Ltd, manufacturers of specialty metal products, and also represented Staffordshire East (as a

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) and Handsworth (as a

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) in the

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. The second Baronet was

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in 1896. The third Baronet was a

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in the army and served as

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in 1942. The fourth Baronet was high sheriff of Warwickshire from 1975 to 1976 and a deputy lieutenant of the county in 1985. The

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politician Sir Jerry Wiggin is the son of Colonel Sir William Henry Wiggin (1888–1951), son of Alfred Harold Wiggin, fourth son of the first Baronet. His son is the Conservative politician

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. Edgar Askin Wiggin (1867–1939), fifth son of the first Baronet, was a

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in the Army. The family seat is Honington Hall, near

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Wiggin baronets, of Metchley Grange and Garth Gwynion (1892)

* Sir Henry Samuel Wiggin, 1st Baronet (1824–1905) * Sir Henry Arthur Wiggin, 2nd Baronet (1852–1917) * Sir Charles Richard Henry Wiggin, 3rd Baronet (1885–1972) * Sir John Henry Wiggin, 4th Baronet (1921–1992) * Sir Charles Rupert John Wiggin, 5th Baronet (1949–2012) * Sir Richard Edward John Wiggin, 6th Baronet (born 1980)

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