Thomas Hanway Bigge

Thomas Hanway Bigge (baptised 1784 – 1824) was an English banker in Newcastle upon Tyne. The Bigge family were gentry based at Longbenton in the later 18th century, and are well documented; but Thomas Hanway Bigge has been confused with another member of the family, Thomas Bigge (1766–1851), who had moved to the London area by about 1810. Life The son of Thomas Charles Bigge, he was born, according to his own Memoir, in 1776. He was baptised on 2 October 1784. Bigge became a partner in the firm of Ridley, Bell & Gibson in 1807, shortly after his brother Charles William Bigge had. In 1812 he was living at Little Benton, a family manor, but Benton House had been sold. He died on 24 December 1824, and was buried at Ovingham; according to some sources, including a church register transcription, he was aged 41. Family Bigge married Charlotte Scott, daughter of James Scott, Rector of Itchen Ferry; his first cousin and Foxite MP William Ord married her sister Mary,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1790-1820/member/ord-william-1781-1855|title=Ord, William (1781-1855), of Whitfield Hall, Northumb., History of Parliament Online|accessdate=29 April 2015}}</ref> and Thomas Hobbes Scott was Charlotte's brother. Their children included Francis Edward Bigge. The youngest daughter, Fanny Cecilia, married Matthew Bell, son of John Bell.