BIGGE, ARTHUR (_7 son of Charles Wm. Bigge of Linden, Northumberland_). _b._ 18 May 1818; ed. at Rugby and Univ. coll. Ox., B.A. 1840, M.A. 1843; fellow of All Soul’s college, bursar 1848–58; barrister I.T. 7 June 1844; stipendiary magistrate for Brighton (the first) 3 Feb. 1855 to 3 May 1884; started the plan of presenting to the deserving aged poor of Brighton on St. Thomas’s day annually sum of 10/- each. _d._ 23 Cambridge road Hove, Brighton 28 Aug. 1885. BIGGE, REV. JOHN FREDERIC. Educ. at Univ. coll. Durham, B.A. 1840, M.A. 1843; V. of Ovingham 1841–47; V. of Stamfordham 1847 to death; author of many articles in _Transactions of Tyneside Naturalists field club_. _d._ Newcastle 28 Feb. 1885 in 71 year. BIGGS, JAMES. _b._ Canterbury; bookseller at 18 Strand, London, removed to 421 Strand; started 13 May 1843 _The Family Herald or useful information and amusement for the million_ in weekly numbers and monthly parts, this paper in a few years attained a circulation of 260,000 copies per week; founded Biggs’s Charity 1863 for granting pensions of £10 a year to printers and their widows over 55 years of age. _d._ 421 Strand, London 22 May 1859 aged 64, leaving nearly £50,000 in legacies to about 300 charities and individuals. BIGGS, JOHN. _b._ Leicester 1801; manufacturer at Leicester; mayor 1840, 1847 and 1855; M.P. for Leicester 1856–1862; took out a patent for lacemaking 1844. _d._ Leicester 4 June 1871. BIGGS, WILLIAM. _b._ Leicester 1805; mayor of Leicester 1842 and 1849; M.P. for Newport, Isle of Wight 9 July 1852 to 21 March 1857. _d._ Upper Parliament st. Liverpool 3 Oct. 1881 in 77 year. BIGLAND, WILSON BRADDYLL. _b._ Bigland hall, Holker, Lancashire 20 July 1788; entered navy 21 Oct. 1801; captain 6 March 1821; retired V.A. 2 Oct. 1857; K.H. 25 Jany. 1836. _d._ Lansdowne place, Leamington 19 Nov. 1858. BIGNOLD, SIR SAMUEL (_youngest son of Thomas Bignold of Norwich, banker_). _b._ Norwich 13 Oct. 1791; secretary of Norwich Union Fire insurance company 1814 and of Norwich Union Life insurance company 1818; sheriff of Norwich 1830 and mayor 1833, 1848, 1853 and 1873; knighted by the Queen at St. James’s Palace 3 May 1854; M.P. for Norwich 1854–1857. (_m._ 1815 Elizabeth only child of Wm. Atkins of Ridlington, Norfolk, she _d._ 30 March 1860). _d._ Surrey st. Norwich 2 Jany. 1875. _I.L.N. lx_, 181, 189 (1872), _portrait_.