Edmund Meysey Wigley (1758 – 9 September 1821), called Edmund Wigley until 1811, was a British lawyer and politician, who served as Member of Parliament for Worcester. In 1788, William Ward MP succeeded to the peerage as Viscount Dudley. In the ensuing by-election at Worcester, on 4 March 1789, Wigley was elected unopposed. The independent freemen of Worcester supported him as a respectable local man, and guaranteed his expenses. He would be re-elected in 1790 (heading the poll) and 1796 (unopposed). He opposed the Impeachment of Warren Hastings, speaking several times against it, and as a member of the committee reviewing the impeachment, dissented against the committee’s favourable report. He repeatedly opposed the government’s tax measures, in line with the wishes of his middle-class constituents. He opposed the union with Ireland.
This mug with a portrait of George III was obviously made for the election of 1789.
Height: 4 ⅞”
In good condition