Frederick Fitzwygram

{{For|Sir Frederick Loftus Francis Fitzwygram, 5th Baronet|Wigram baronets}}

{{infobox officeholder

| honorific_prefix = Lieutenant-General

| name = Sir Frederick Fitzwygram, Bt

| honorific_suffix = DL JP

| image = Frederick Fitzwygram.jpg

| caption = Fitzwygram in 1895

| office = Member of Parliament for Fareham

| term_start = 1885

| term_end = 1900

| predecessor = New constituency

| successor = Arthur Lee

| office1 = Member of Parliament for Hampshire South

| term_start1 = 1884

| term_end1 = 1885

| predecessor1 = Francis Compton
Lord Henry John Montagu-Douglas-Scott

| alongside1 = Francis Compton

| successor1 = Constituency abolished

| birth_name = Frederick Wellington John Wigram

| birth_date = {{birthdate|1823|08|29|df=yes}}

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| death_date = {{dda|1904|12|09|1823|08|29|df=yes}}

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| party = Conservative

| parents = Sir Robert Fitzwygram, 2nd Baronet
Selina Hayes

| spouse = {{marriage|Angela Frances Mary Vaughan
|17 October 1882|}}

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Lieutenant-General Sir Frederick Wellington John Fitzwygram, 4th Baronet DL JP (29 August 1823 – 9 December 1904) was a British Army cavalry officer, expert on horses and Conservative politician.

Early life

Fitzwygram was born on 29 August 1823. He was the third son of Sir Robert Fitzwygram, 2nd Baronet, and his wife Selina Hayes. In 1832, his father legally changed their surname to Fitzwygram by Royal licence.George Edward Cokayne, editor, The Complete Baronetage, 5 volumes; Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 1983), volume V, page 192. An elder sister, Augusta Catherine Fitzwygram, married Sir George Baker, 3rd Baronet, and his youngest brother, Loftus Adam Fitzwygram, married Lady Frances Butler-Danvers (sister of John Butler, 6th Earl of Lanesborough).Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003, volume 3, page 4165.

He became a cavalry officer and served with the 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons in the Crimean War. He subsequently commanded the Cavalry Brigade at Aldershot.{{Cite web |url=http://www.stjames-hamptonhill.org.uk/History/B%26G/7Pers1.htm |title=St James Hampton Hill |access-date=22 February 2009 |archive-date=25 October 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081025055800/http://www.stjames-hamptonhill.org.uk/History/B%26G/7Pers1.htm |url-status=dead }}

Career

In 1873 he inherited the Wigram Baronetcy on the death of his elder brother Robert. He purchased the Leigh Park estate, at Havant, in 1874 and developed the grounds and gardens[http://www3.hants.gov.uk/volunteer-handbook.pdf Staunton Country Park] which were frequently thrown open to the public. He was a member of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons,{{Cite web |url=http://www.stjames-hamptonhill.org.uk/History/B%26G/7Pers1.htm |title=St James Hampton Hill |access-date=22 February 2009 |archive-date=25 October 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081025055800/http://www.stjames-hamptonhill.org.uk/History/B%26G/7Pers1.htm |url-status=dead }} and as president from 1875 to 1877 he unified the veterinary profession. He was active in public life.[http://www.history.inportsmouth.co.uk/events/cabmans-shelters.htm Events in Portsmouth] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110616174623/http://www.history.inportsmouth.co.uk/events/cabmans-shelters.htm |date=16 June 2011 }} From 1879 to 1884 he was Inspector-General of Cavalry at Aldershot.

Fitzwygram was elected as Member of Parliament for Hampshire South in a by-election in 1884, and when the constituency was restructured, he became MP for Fareham in 1885. He held the seat until 1900, being interested in military and horse related matters in the House of Commons.[https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1897/jul/23/military-forces Hansard 1897] Based on a series of lectures, published by Smith, Elder in 1862, he wrote an influential book on the care and management of horses Horses and Stables which was first published by Longmans, Green, Reader and Dyer of London in 1869. He was an honorary member of the Manchester Unity of Independent Order of Oddfellows, Royal Naval Lodge, England.The Oddfellows, 1810-2010, 200 years of making friends and helping people by author Daniel Weinbren

Career

On 17 October 1882, Sir Frederick married Angela Frances Mary Vaughan, a daughter of Thomas Nugent Vaughan and Frances Mary ({{nee}} Territt, formerly Viscountess Forbes) Vaughn. Her mother was the widow of George Forbes, Viscount Forbes, and from that earlier marriage, Angela had an older half-brother, George Forbes, 7th Earl of Granard, His maternal grandfather was William Territt of Chilton Hall. Together, they lived at Leigh Park at 20 Eaton Square, Belgravia, were the parents of two sons (only one survived childhood) and one daughter:

Sir Frederick Loftus Francis Fitzwygram, 5th Baronet (1884–1920), who died unmarried.
Angela Catherine Alice Fitzwygram (1885–1984), who died unmarried.

Sir Frederick died on 9 December 1904 and was succeeded in the baronetcy by his only son, Frederick.{{cite web |title=Sir Frederick Loftus Francis Fitzwygram — Magdalen War Memorial |url=https://slowdusk.magd.ox.ac.uk/people/sir-frederick-loftus-francis-fitzwygram/ |website=slowdusk.magd.ox.ac.uk |access-date=24 October 2022}}

=Legacy=

Fitzwygram's memorial in Havant church is the west window illustrating St. Gabriel and St. Michael.[http://www.southernlife.org.uk/havantch.htm The Church of St Faith Havant] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081011023407/http://www.southernlife.org.uk/havantch.htm |date=11 October 2008 }}

Arms

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|notes = Granted 20 July 1807 by Sir Chichester Fortescue, Ulster King of Arms{{cite web|url=https://catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000529556 |title=Grants and Confirmations of Arms, Vol. C |publisher=National Library of Ireland |accessdate=23 June 2022}}

|escutcheon = Argent on a pale Gules three escallops Or over all a chevron engrailed counterchanged and on a chief waves of the sea thereon a ship representing an English vessel of war of the sixteenth century with four masts sails furled Proper colours flying Gules.

|crest = On a mount Vert a hand in armour in fess couped at the wrist Proper charged with an escallop and holding a fleur-de-lis erect Or.

|motto = Dulcis Amor Patriae}}