920 Henry Wiggin

Constituency : East  Staffordshire  1880-85; Birmingham  Handsworth  1885-92 ( from  1886  Liberal  Unionist )

Henry  took  the  second  seat  at  East  Staffordshire  for  the  Liberals.

Henry  was  a  metals  manufacturer. He  owned  a  nickel  and  cobalt  refining  and  manufacturing  business. He  also  held  directorships  in  the  Midland  Railway, a  water  company  and  a  bank. He  built  a  number  of  houses  for  his  workers. He  was  a  former  Lord  Mayor  of  Birmingham.

Henry  tried  to  delay  the  Employers  Liability  Bell  in  1880  by  referring  it  to  a  Select  Committee. In  1884  he  opposed  the  Channel  Tunnel  which  he  had  previously  supported  due  to  the  cost  of  the  fortifications  the  military  advisers  claimed  were  necessary.

In  1885  Henry  switched seats  to  Birmingham  Handsworth  and  followed  Chamberlain  into  the  Liberal  Unionists.

Henry  was  created  a  baronet  in  1892.

He  died  in  1905  aged  81.