Edward Bigland
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Edward Bigland (ca. 1620 – 5 August 1704) was an English lawyer and politician. He was a Member of Parliament (MP) for Nottingham from 1689 to 1690.[1]
Life
He was the son of Edward Bigland, rector of East Leake, Nottinghamshire. He matriculated at Queens' College, Cambridge at Easter 1637, graduating B.A. in 1641, and M.A. in 1644, and becoming a Fellow. He was admitted at Gray's Inn, 26 June 1648.
He became serjeant-at-law in 1680, and recorder of Nottingham. He was M.P. for Nottingham in 1689. He settled at Long Whatton, Leicestershire, and was buried there 5 August 1704.[2]
References
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 7 April 2017. Retrieved 27 October 2010.
{{cite web}}
: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Bigland, Edward (BGLT637E)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
Categories:
- CS1 maint: archived copy as title
- CS1 maint: unfit URL
- Articles with short description
- Short description is different from Wikidata
- EngvarB from February 2018
- Use dmy dates from February 2018
- 1620s births
- 1704 deaths
- Year of birth uncertain
- Politicians from Nottingham
- Alumni of Queens' College, Cambridge
- Members of Gray's Inn
- English lawyers
- English MPs 1689–1690
- People from East Leake
- People from Long Whatton
- Burials in Leicestershire
- All stub articles
- 17th-century English MP stubs