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{{Short description|Administrator at the University of Oxford}}
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'''Henry Bigg''' [[D.D.]] (1690–1740) was an [[England|English]] academic administrator at the [[University of Oxford]].<ref>[https://www.british-history.ac.uk/alumni-oxon/1500-1714/pp106-141 Bennell-Bloye; Pages 106-141; Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714]</ref>

==Childhood==
Henry was the son of Lovelace Bigg of Chilton Park at [[Chilton Foliat]] in [[Wiltshire]] and Dorothy, the daughter of William Wither of Manydown at [[Wootton St Lawrence]] in [[Hampshire]]. He was born at [[Chilton Foliat]] in 1690.

==Career==
He was educated at [[New College, Oxford]] where he was [[Warden (college)|Warden]] from 1724 to 1729. He held incumbencies at [[Worting]] in [[Hampshire]] and [[Farnborough, Berkshire|Farnborough]] in [[Berkshire]]. He married Katherine, the daughter of Roger Garnam of Prior's Court at [[Curridge]] in [[Berkshire]] but had no children. He died at Farnborough in 1740.

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