WIGRAM / Barton engagement

[Richard R]

From the Times of 18 December 2019: THE HON W WIGRAM AND MISS L BARTON The engagement is announced between William, son of Lord Wigram of Hampshire and Mrs Gabrielle Radford of Gloucestershire, and Lily, daughter of Mr and Mrs Niall Barton of Hampshire.

Hon William Michael Clive WIGRAM (b 1984) 3rd & yst s of 3rd Baron WIGRAM MVO (b 1949) and his 1st w Gabrielle Diana d of R D MOORE of New Zealand.

[Richard R]

The couple were due to marry 5 Sept 2020 (nobiliana). The union as yet to appear on DPB online

[Richard R]

DPB online gives the couple's m year as 2021 and show a son Jesse Blue b 2019 (reg Q2 Lambeth)

[colinp]

The couple also have two further sons:

Billy Jago WIGRAM b regd Q4/2021 LAMBETH

Leonard Skye WIGRAM b regd Q3/2023 SOMERSET

(thx Ivana at nobiliana.de)

This puts the barony in a much improved position with two young heirs (their eldest son Jesse having been born before his parents' marriage)

[S R Eglesfield]

Mrs Lily Wigram, née Barton, would appear to be an interior designer - see https://www.instagram.com/lilywigram/. It seems that she now lives in Somerset, where her youngest son was born, and I take this to be her facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/lilybicketbarton/. From this, I have surmised (possibly wrongly, but it seems very likely) that she is the Lily Jane C Barton , mother's maiden name Bicket, whose birth was registered in Westminster in October 1987. Her parents would also appear to have had three sons, whose births were registered in Lambeth, where the births of two of her own sons were registered.

 

Based on the above, I have concluded that Mrs Wigram's parents are the Nigel A BARTON and Katharine M BICKET whose marriage was registered in Westminster in Q3 1983 (i.e. it appears that her father's proper first name is not Niall). Per company records, Lily Jane Charlotte BARTON was born in August 1987. Her father, Nigel Anthony BARTON, was born on 17 November 1957, and her mother, née Katharine Mary ("Kate") BICKET, was born on 5 February 1958. Her brothers are Ned Alexander Vere BARTON (born 14 XII 1989), Thomas Murray Anthony BARTON (born XI 1991) and Jack William R BARTON (born 1995).

 

Mrs Kate Barton, née Bicket, is the second daughter of Capt Antony Neilson ("Tony") BICKET (1920 - 19 II 2010) and his wife (married 1953), Rosemary PARR (1928 - 15 I 2001). Her only brother was Simon Antony BICKET (6 XII 1956 - 9 VII 2011) and her sisters are Jane ("Janie") BICKET (born 1954) and Nicola Anne BICKET (born 1960).

 

Simon Bicket was the husband (married 1987) of Marianne Louise ("M") COLEMAN (born 12 V 1962), by whom he had three sons, Kit Anthony W BICKET (born 1991), John Antony H BICKET (born 1993) and Henry James P ("Hal") BICKET (born 1994).

 

Mrs Marianne Bicket was the second daughter of (Frederick) Anthony Hinds COLEMAN (21 IV 1924 - 8 VIII 1986) and his wife (married 19 IV 1958, as her first husband), Stephanie MINCHIN (1935 - 4 XII 2009), who was married secondly on 6 April 2002 to (as his third wife) the 3rd Baron Cornwallis. Mrs Bicket herself was married secondly to (as his second wife) the Hon Nicholas Duncan BEATTY (born 1 IV 1961), the younger son of the 2nd Earl Beatty.

 

Janie Bicket was the first wife (married 1978, divorced 1991) of Christopher John TATE (born 1 V 1953), a great-grandson of Sir William Henry TATE, 2nd Bt (23 I 1842 - 31 XII 1921).

 

Nicola Bicket is the wife (married 12 VIII 1989) of the 30th Earl of Crawford and (13th Earl of) Balcarres.

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The births of Billy Jago (2021) and Leonard Skye (2023) have been recorded in DPB Online.

The marriage of their parents also occurred in 2021, so from DPB Online, it is unclear whether or not Billy is in the line of succession, but Leonard certainly is.

Brooke