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Mersey, Viscount (UK, 1916)
Creation: let. pat. 22 Jan 1916
Family name: Bigham
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Arms:
Per bend dancetty Azure and Or a Bend invected between three Crosses Patée in chief and as many Horseshoes in base all counterchanged
Crest:
A Horse per pale Or and Sable charged on the body with three Horseshoes fesswise counterchanged and resting the dexter foreleg on a Cross Patée Gules
Supporters:
On either side a Mermaid proper crowned with a Naval Crown Gules that to the dexter supporting with the exterior hand an Anchor Or that to the sinister an Oar Argent
Motto:
J'avance (I advance)
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John Charles [Bigham], 1st Baron Mersey later 1st Viscount Mersey PC
2nd son of John Bigham, of Liverpool, by his wife Helen East, dau. of John East, of Liverpool
born
3 Aug 1840
mar.
17 Aug 1871 Georgina Sarah Rogers (d. 9 Jan 1925), dau. of John Rogers, of Liverpool
died
3 Sep 1929
created
16 Mar 1910 Baron Mersey, of Toxteth in the County Palatine of Lancaster
22 Jan 1916 Viscount Mersey, of Toxteth in the County Palatine of Lancaster
suc. by
son
note
Justice of the High Court 1897-1909; President of the Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Division 1909-10
Charles Clive [Bigham], 2nd Viscount Mersey, CMG CBE PC
born
18 Aug 1872
mar.
1 Jun 1904 Mary Gertrude Seymour (d. 1973), 2nd dau. of Sir Horace Alfred Damer Seymour KCB (by his wife Elizabeth Mary Romilly, 1st dau. of Lt Col Frederick Romilly MP, by his wife Lady Elizabeth Amelia Jane Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 3rd dau. of Gilbert [Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound], 2nd Earl of Minto), 3rd son of Frederick Charles William Seymour (by his second wife Lady Augusta Hervey, 1st dau. of Frederick William [Hervey], 1st Marquess of Bristol), 4th son of Admiral Lord Hugh Seymour RN (by his wife Lady Anne Horatia Waldegrave, 3rd dau. of James [Waldegrave], 2nd Earl Waldegrave), 5th son of Francis [Seymour-Conway], 1st Marquess of Hertford
died
20 Nov 1956
suc. by
son
Edward Clive [Bigham], 3rd Viscount Mersey
born
5 Jun 1906
mar.
24 Jul 1933 Lady Katherine Evelyn Constance Petty-Fitzmaurice, suo jure Lady Nairne
children
1. Hon Richard Maurice Clive Bigham, later 4th Viscount Mersey
2. Hon David Edward Hugh Bigham, heir presumptive to the Viscountcy of Mersey, of Hurston Place, Pulborough, co. West Sussex (b. 14 Apr 1938), mar. 2 Jan 1965 Anthea Rosemary Seymour (b. 1 Jul 1941), 1st dau. of Capt Leo Richard Seymour (by his wife Sheila Butler, dau. of Col Arnold Charles Paul Butler CBE, of Carters Hill, Therfield, Royston, co. Hertford), 1st son of Richard Sturgis Seymour MVO, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Siam 1919-22 and Bolivia 1924-25, by his wife Lady Victoria Alexandrina Mabel FitzRoy, sister of Charles Alfred Euston [FitzRoy], 10th Duke of Grafton, and has issue:
1a. Charles Richard Petty Bigham (b. 21 Apr 1967), mar. 18 May 1996 Claire Worthington, dau. of Col John Worthington, and has issue:
1b. Caspar Patrick Ronan Bigham (b. 5 Jun 1997)
2b. Rohan Colum Pirate Bigham (b. 15 Mar 1999)
1b. Petra Carmella Rose Bigham (b. 11 Dec 2000)
2a. Patrick David Hugh Bigham (b. 21 Aug 1969)
3a. James Edward Conway Bigham (b. 12 Mar 1973)
1a. Lucinda Emma Bigham (b. 3 Nov 1965), mar. 10 Jun 2000 Patrick Airy (b. 19...), only son of Maj Gen Sir Christopher John Airy KCVO CBE, by his wife Judith Stevenson, and has issue
3. Hon Andrew Charles Bigham, of High Mill, Coverham, co. York, schoolmaster: Aysgarth School, co. York 1968-89, and Sunningdale School, co. Berkshire 1989-94 (b. 26 Jun 1941)
died
2 Aug 1979
suc. by
son
note
Capt, Irish Guards during Second World War 1940-45; Member for Paddington, London County Council 1955-65; Member, West Sussex County Council 1966
Richard Maurice Clive [Bigham], 4th Viscount Mersey
born
8 Jul 1934
mar.
6 May 1961 Joanna Dorothy Corsica Grey Murray, 1st dau. of John Arnaud Grey Murray CBE, of Cannon Lodge, Hampstead, London
children
1. Jonathan Bigham (b. and dvp. 30 Jun 1964)
2. Hon Edward John Hallam Bigham, later 5th Viscount Mersey
died
5 Aug 2006
suc. by
son
note
suc. his mother 20 Oct 1995 as 13th Lord Nairne
Edward John Hallam [Bigham], 5th Viscount Mersey
born
23 May 1966
mar. (1)
1994 (div. 1997) Claire L Haigh, dau. of David Haigh
mar. (2)
8 Dec 2001 Clare Schaw Miller, dau. of Robert Schaw Miller, of Newgardens, Dalmeny
children by second wife
1. Hon Flora Diana Joan Bigham, Mistress of Nairne (b. 17 May 2003)
2. Hon Polly Joanna Jean (b. 3 Jul 2006)
The heir presumptive to the Viscountcy and Barony of Mersey is Hon David Edward Hugh Bigham, second son of the 3rd Viscount Mersey and uncle of the present Viscount. The heir to the Scottish Lordship of Nairne is the present Viscount's daughter, Hon Flora Diana Joan Bigham.
Last updated 30 Aug 2006
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Titles:
5th Viscount Mersey, of Toxteth in the County Palatine of Lancaster
(United Kingdom, let. pat. 22 Jan 1916)
14th Lord Nairne, of Nairne in the County of Perth
(Scotland, let. pat. 27 Jan 1681)
5th Baron Mersey, of Toxteth in the County Palatine of Lancaster
(United Kingdom, let. pat. 16 Mar 1910)
Address:
Bignor Park, Pulborough, West Sussex RH20 1HG
Tel: 01798 869214
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