J. J. W. Hignett of Iford Manor, Bradford on Avon, Wilts., farmer; he s. of Gerald Worthington Hignett (1908-1979), O.B.E., of Manor Farm, Southstoke, nr Bath, barrister, Flying Officer, R.A.F.V.R. (WWII) [s. of Geoffrey- sometimes recorded in census as 'Jeffrey', but birth and death records state the former- Hignett (1872-1954), of Hodshill, Southstoke, of independent means, having studied law] and (m. 1935) Betty Zoe Gertrude (1908-1984), dau. of Ivo Adolf Peters (b. Germany, 1878; d. 1936), of Corston, Somersets., manufacturing chemist