Sir Robert Fitzwygram, 2nd Baronet

Fitzwygram was the eldest son of Lady Eleanor and Sir Robert Wigram, 1st Baronet, merchant and shipbuilder of Walthamstow.[1] Among his numerous brothers were Joseph Cotton Wigram, Bishop of Rochester, Loftus Wigram, George Wigram, and Octavius Wigram, prominent in the City of London as a member of Lloyd's of London and as Governor of the Royal Exchange Assurance Company.[2]

Fitzwygram owned a number of South Sea whaling ships in partnership with his father.[3] Wigram was interested in the foundation of the London Institution in 1805.[4]

Selina, Lady Fitzwygram

In 1812, Wigram married Selina Hayes, youngest daughter of Sir John Macnamara Hayes Bt and Anne (née White) Hayes.[6][lower-alpha 1] Together, they were the parents of:[10]

• Robert Fitzwygram Wigram (1813–1873), who inherited the baronetcy but died unmarried.[10]
• Selina Frances Fitzwygram (1815–1890), who died unmarried.[10]
• Eleanor Maria Fitzwygram (1816–1817), who died young.[10]
• George Augustus Frederick Fitzwygram (1818–1841), who died unmarried.[10]
• Augusta Catherine Fitzwygram (1819–1893), who married Sir George Baker, 3rd Baronet.[10]
• Sophia Matilda Fitzwygram (1820–1824), who died young.[10]
• Frederick Wellington John Fitzwygram (1823–1904), who married Angela Frances Mary Vaughan, daughter of Thomas Nugent Vaughan and a younger half-sister of George Forbes, 7th Earl of Granard, in 1882.[10]
• William Harcourt Fitzwygram (1825–1832), who died young.[10]
• John Fitzroy Wigram (1827–1881), a Reverend who married Alice Ward, daughter of Sir Henry George Ward, in 1866.[10]
• Cordelia Anne Fitzwygram (1829–1830), who died young.[10]
• Loftus Adam Fitzwygram (1832–1904), who married Lady Frances Butler-Danvers, daughter of Hon. Charles Augustus Butler-Danvers and sister of John Butler, 6th Earl of Lanesborough, in 1866.[10]

Upon his death, his eldest son Robert inherited the baronetcy but died without issue. The baronetcy then passed to Fitzwygram's third son, Frederick.

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