Wiggin was born on 14 February 1824 in
Cheadle, Staffordshire, the son of William Wiggin of Cheadle. William's friend Charles Askin was a partner with Brooke Evans in a nickel and cobalt refining and manufacturing business in
Birmingham, and Henry joined the company in 1842. Henry became a partner in 1848 after Askin's death. The company name, originally Evans and Askin, was changed to Evans and Wiggin around 1865 and to Henry Wiggin and Company in 1870. He was also a Director of the
Midland Railway, the
Staffordshire Water Works Co., the
Birmingham Joint Stock Bank, and
Muntz's Metal Co. He was a governor of
King Edward's School, Birmingham, a
J.P. for
Worcestershire and Birmingham, and
Deputy Lieutenant of Staffordshire. In 1880 Wiggin was elected as a
Member of Parliament (MP) for
East Staffordshire and held the seat until the
reorganisation of 1885. He was then elected MP for
Handsworth and held the seat until 1892. He became a
baronet on 17 June 1892. Wiggin married Mary Elizabeth Malins 11 June 1851, and lived at Metchley Grange,
Harborne, Birmingham. He died on 12 November 1905 aged 81, when his son,
Henry Arthur Wiggin, succeeded to the baronetcy. ==Portrait==