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  George Wigg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Wigg served in the British Army for almost all his career up to his election as Member of Parliament for Dudley in 1945.
According to veteran Press Association reporter Chris Moncrieff, Wigg was unpopular with Labour MPs [1] but managed mischievously to use procedure to place the Profumo affair on the record in Parliament and led the pursuit of Profumo which resulted in his resignation.
Wigg was already known for passing on gossip to Labour leader Harold Wilson, and when Labour won the 1964 election Wilson appointed Wigg as Paymaster-General.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/George_Wigg   (288 words)

  
 Archives:Wigg   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-18)
George Wigg was born in 1900 and began his career in the army serving in the Regular Army, 1919-1937 and again in the Royal Army Education Corps, 1940-1946.
Wigg was elected as the Labour MP for Dudley in 1945 where he remained as MP until he was created a life peer in 1967.
Wigg played a prominent role in the breaking of the Profumo scandal in 1961, advising that the Labour Party stress the threat to Britain's security.
library-2.lse.ac.uk /archives/politicians/wigg.html   (260 words)

  
 What I learned on Wikipedia today: Wog
The saying "The wogs begin at Calais" was originated by George Wigg, Labour MP for Dudley, in 1945.
Winston Churchill] thinks that the 'wogs' begin at Calais." Wigg's coinage, sometimes paraphrased as "Wogs start at the Channel" or "Wogs start at Dover", is commonly used to characterise a stodgy Europhobic viewpoint, and more generally the view that Britain (more commonly England) is inherently separate from (and superior to) the Continent.
The process by which it has become embraced by the communities it describes is similar to the reclaiming of gay and poof in the homosexual community, a process designed to take the sting out of the pejorative.
wikifun.blogspot.com /2006/05/wog.html   (1089 words)

  
 George Wigg
George Wigg was born on 28th November, 1900.
A member of the Labour Party, Wigg was elected to the House of Commons in the 1945 General Election.
Wigg left the House of Commons in 1967 when he was created Baron Wigg and was appointed as Chairman of the Horserace Betting Levy Board.
www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /PRwigg.htm   (261 words)

  
 Follow that colonel! Spectator, The - Find Articles
During the 1970 general election campaign, Wigg buttonholed me in New Palace Yard, waved his arms in the way that he had and shouted that Labour would never win an election as long as Marcia Williams stayed with Wilson (he was right in 1970 but wrong twice in 1974, if only just).
Pincher described Wigg's as yet unpublished diaries as a time-bomb, but the old Colonel was a walking canister of Semtex while he was alive: he was the man who knew too much.
Wilson and Wigg knew the truth of it because Wilson ordered, probably at Wigg's suggestion, the bugging of the London flat where the strike leaders held their secret meetings.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qa3724/is_199811/ai_n8820967   (849 words)

  
 Iris Tenax. - A DICTIONARY OF PRACTICAL MATERIA MEDICA By John Henry CLARKE, M.D. Presented by Médi-T ®
The order in which the symptoms occurred in Dr. Wigg's case is roughly as follows: In fifteen minutes burning in mouth and throat.
The acute pains in the bowels passed off in the night, but for fourteen days there was a tender spot over the ilio-cæcal region, and the bowels did not act normally for ten days.
Wigg noticed the all-gone feeling particularly on standing up, on waking in the morning.
www.homeoint.org /clarke/i/ir_t.htm   (1116 words)

  
 Descriptions   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-18)
By 1945 Adeline Wigg had moved to Albury Edge; Violet Elliott had moved to West Cross, perhaps indicating that she was a servant.
Adeline, the widow of George Lloyd Wigg, had previously lived in Mill House from 1939 to 1945, and she later moved to Kingsbridge, in Devon, where she died on 9th December 1967 at the age of 84, without re-marrying, leaving an estate of some £10,000.
Hylton George Baron Hylton to that of Mrs Annie Laurie STONEHAM of Godstone Court, although it appears that she continued to live at Godstone Court and rented out the cottages, as indicated by the census return for 1901.
web.onetel.com /~noddyshall/Descriptions.htm   (21999 words)

  
 The collection of Wigg, George Edward Cecil, 1900 - 1983, Baron Wigg held at the British Library of Political and ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-18)
The collection of Wigg, George Edward Cecil, 1900 - 1983, Baron Wigg held at the British Library of Political and Economic Science
Wigg, George Edward Cecil, 1900 - 1983, Baron Wigg
Below is the table of contents for the collection of Wigg, George Edward Cecil, 1900 - 1983, Baron Wigg held at the British Library of Political and Economic Science.
library-2.lse.ac.uk /archives/handlists/Wigg/Wigg.html   (60 words)

  
 Hari Scruffs - Chronicle Part 2 of 5
Mar 12 1969 George and Patti are arrested by Sgt. Pilcher for drug possession (570 grams, roughly 1 1/4 pounds, of cannabis).
Mar 18 1969 George and Patti are released on bail.
Mar 31 1969 George and Patti plead guilty to possession of cannabis.
www.hariscruffs.com /chronicle2.html   (2852 words)

  
 WIGG Wills 1858-1986   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-18)
Francis WIGG gentleman of Bedford Row & Carr WIGG of Westbourne Square Upper Westbourne Terrace in the parish of Paddington Middlesex, sons, & Joseph SHERWOOD of Mecklenburgh Square in St Pancras
George WIGG of Poveys Farm, Wolverton Hampshire, the brother & Charles WIGG of Skyers Farm, Ramsdall Hampshire yeoman & John WIGG of Bullington Hampshire yeoman
Caroline WIGG, widow of Lound, the relict; George WIGG, of Heckingham Norfolk, farmer, brother & Henry GOWAN, of Runham Norfolk farmer
privatewww.essex.ac.uk /~alan099/Wigg/Wigg-Wills.html   (3029 words)

  
 George Brown, Baron George-Brown - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-18)
George Alfred Brown, later George Alfred George-Brown, Baron George-Brown, PC (2 September 1914–2 June 1985) was a British politician who served as Deputy Leader of the Labour Party from 1960 to 1970, and was a senior Cabinet minister (including as Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs) in the Labour government of the 1960s.
He was a leader of the right wing within the Labour Party and an effective, if aggressive, election campaigner, but was ultimately unable to cope with the pressures of high office without excessive drinking.
Brown wished to be "Lord George Brown", but Garter King of Arms argued that peerage titles traditionally included only surnames, not forenames.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/George_Brown,_Baron_George-Brown   (3506 words)

  
 Mystery Woman - The Education Forum
George Wigg (6) had made a speech where he referred to rumours that John Profumo, the British minister of war, was having an affair with a prostitute named Christine Keeler.
You see, George Wigg, had been told by a MI5 contact that Christine Keeler was also having an affair with Yevgeny Ivanov, a Soviet naval attaché.
George Smathers: I don't know what it is. I never heard of the woman in my life...
educationforum.ipbhost.com /index.php?showtopic=2637   (5394 words)

  
 nzgirl - The Profumo Affair Part 4 - On the road to ruin
Just before midnight, Wigg addressed the Commons: ‘There is not an honorable member in the House, nor a journalist in the Press gallery,’ he said, ‘who, in the past few days, has not heard rumour upon rumour involving a member of Government Front Bench.
George Wigg left the Common’s with fl rage in my heart because I knew what the facts were.’ He would not rest until he had forced the Government to face the truth.
Wigg then appeared on BBC television and spoke of a continuing security issue.
www.nzgirl.co.nz /articles/1879   (1912 words)

  
 LRB | Ian Gilmour : Dingy Quadrilaterals   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-18)
George Wigg, the Labour MP for Dudley, who had been a colonel in the Education Corps and consequently thought himself a military expert, was critical of the equipment of the British soldiers who had been sent to Kuwait, which had recently become independent.
For had Goodman and Wigg known those documents would be disclosed, they would never have brought the case.
The second document, also a memorandum from Wigg, was the same as the first except for its introductory paragraph, which read: ‘In my opinion, Profumo was never at any time a security risk.
www.lrb.co.uk /v28/n20/gilm01_.html   (3695 words)

  
 05 Jun History: This Date
On 21 March 1963, Colonel George Wigg, a Labour MP for Dudley, raised the issue in the House of Commons, inviting the member of government in question to affirm or deny the rumors of his improprieties.
Wigg forced Profumo's hand, not, he claimed, to embarrass the Conservative government but because the Ivanov connection was a matter of national security.
Although his strongest opponent, George H. Bush [12 Jun 1924~], won an upset victory in the Iowa caucuses, Reagan bounced back after a memorable performance in a debate with other Republican candidates in Nashua, New Hampshire.
www.safran-arts.com /42day/history/h4jun/h4jun05.html   (13632 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-18)
At the age of 22, he arrived on the pop scene looking like no one else on the planet and fascinated the public with his (at the time) extraordinary image, open homosexuality and rich, soulful voice.
Over the last couple of years, George has stormed back into the more mainstream public eye with the celebration of his colourful life in the West End musical 'Taboo'.
Featuring songs penned by George himself, as well as a couple of Culture Club hits, the show hit Broadway in November 2003 with the man himself one of the stars of the show.
www.chatshow.net /Interviews/interview.aspx?interviewID=9   (438 words)

  
 William Harvey and MI5 - The Education Forum
The man who did this was someone called George Wigg.
He raised the matter and John Profumo was unaware that Wigg had the full story.
Wigg was able to come back at him and the whole thing became a massive scandal.
educationforum.ipbhost.com /index.php?showtopic=2835   (6627 words)

  
 Elizabeth Jane Pickering
Marriage: George Tinsley on 17 Jun 1883 in Runcorn, Cheshire, England
Later (17 June 1883) Elizabeth Jane Pickering marries George Tinsley, the brother-in-law of Thomas William Pickering..
Elizabeth married George Tinsley, son of George Tinsley and Amelia Green, on 17 Jun 1883 in Runcorn, Cheshire, England.
www.legacyfamilytree.ca /Pickering/356.htm   (1557 words)

  
 CLAY County, Part 2
It was decided to take steps towards organization, and Lorenzo Gates, William Silvers, J. Haynes and Joseph P. Ryan were appointed a committee on petition and affidavit to Governor Crawford.
The Governor signed the papers the 10th of August, appointed Lorenzo Gates, William Silvers and J. Ryan County Commissioners, George D. Seabury County Clerk, and designated Clay Centre as the county-seat.
At the first election, November 6, 1866, the county seat was permanently located at Clay Centre.
www.kancoll.org /books/cutler/clay/clay-co-p2.html   (1221 words)

  
 Soldiers named Wigg
Parents: Mrs H.O. Wigg & the late Mr.
Spouse: Louisa Wigg, 20 Rampart St, Shoeburyness, Essex.
Spouse: Harriett Jane Wigg, "The Laurels", Teynham, Kent
freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com /~wigg/doh-wigg.html   (532 words)

  
 nzgirl - The Profumo Affair - The first whisper
In early November, an anonymous caller told George Wigg, a Labour MP who was known to dislike Profumo, to ‘forget the Vassall case [the Admiralty Spy].
After hearing Keeler’s amazing testimony, Lewis believed that he was finally in a position to ruin Ward.
It so happened that he was also a horse racing acquaintance of Profumo’s critic, Labour MP George Wigg.
www.nzgirl.co.nz /articles/1723   (636 words)

  
 Hari Scruffs - Discography Part 3 of 4
George may have overdubbed a guitar part over a radio interview with Jesse Ed Davis
George, John and Yoko converse with A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
George played guitar on ‘In Praise Of Lord (We Are All Children Of God)'
www.hariscruffs.com /discography3.html   (670 words)

  
 The Wilson Plots
And the fourth reason Wilson did nothing was his memory of the previous time he had tried.
In his first term in office, encouraged by George Wigg MP, he had tried taking on the Whitehall security establishment in the so-called 'D-Notice Affair' - and had got his fingers badly burned.
As far as we know Wilson had very little real, concrete information about what was going on in 1976 when he retired.
www.planetquo.com /The-Wilson-Plots   (5390 words)

  
 njmw
Mason, George B. Hannah Morgan, both Philadelphia 1-23-1898.
John Sutton Eliza Ann Morgan 17 Mar 1836 3-99 Wigg
George W. Tindal Jane P. Morgan 10 Oct 1855 3-296 Lummis
users.techline.com /garvinle/grandcestors/njmw.htm   (701 words)

  
 Major Roy Farran - Military Photos
After a brief spell as a quarrymaster in Scotland, he moved to Kenya and then Rhodesia to head a construction company.
He then flew home again to stand as a Conservative for Dudley and Stourbridge in the 1950 general election, but lost by some 13,000 votes to the future Labour paymaster-general George Wigg.
Farran subsequently emigrated to Alberta, where he made his home for the rest of his life, though he was to offer his services to the War Office during the Suez crisis.
www.militaryphotos.net /forums/showthread.php?t=82833   (2493 words)

  
 All entries for the name WIGG held within the Gravestone Photographic Resource   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-18)
All entries for the name WIGG held within the Gravestone Photographic Resource
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 Accra Daily Mail - Online   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-18)
The preceding notwithstanding, Sir Geoffrey Bing, former attorney-general in the Nkrumah government, does not appear to have envisaged socioeconomic relations between the former British colony and England beyond the tired neocolonialist — or self-interested — terms of the proverbial industrialist and raw-material supplier.
In other words, like his colleagues of the British Labor Party (BLP) — among them, Ernest Bevin, R. Crossman, Fred Lee, George Wigg, J. Mallalieu, Harold Davies and Stephen Swingler — Bing envisaged the development of African democracies and economies along purely agrarian lines.
Danquah, Nkrumah agree Interestingly enough, both Dr. Danquah and Prime Minister Nkrumah envisaged Ghana’s socioeconomic development along industrial lines.
www.accra-mail.com /mailnews.asp?id=12774   (1599 words)

  
 Scoop: The Letter – Monday March 6, 2006
As George Wigg, the Labour MP whose questions exposed Profumo used to say, the crime was not lying with prostitutes but lying to parliament.
While the media are very interested in whether Mr Benson-Pope goes into girls' shower rooms, it is not relevant to his parliamentary performance.
Between The Lines - The Case For Impeaching President George W. Bush
www.scoop.co.nz /stories/HL0603/S00083.htm   (1541 words)

  
 Caston Family Tree
Married: 1799 - St George Hanover Square, London, England to Henrietta WIGG
Buried: 13 Sep 1834 - Basingstoke, Hampshire, England
Married: 12 Jun 1788 - Basingstoke, Hampshire, England to Jemima WIGG
www.angelfire.com /goth/chani/caston.htm   (313 words)

  
 gesswhoto.com - Roster Spanish American War - Pg. 4   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-18)
Randall, Frank J. Rannie, James A. Ray, Warren H. Rayl, Charles W. Rea, Louis A. Reed, Harry V. Regan, George E. REhpenning, C.G. Rekdahl, Martin
Shaffer, Floyd R. Shaffer, W.J. Shea, Edward H. Sheid, George H. Shepard, Harry M. Shillock, John C. Shinaman, Leroy E. Shipe, Harry E. Shoemaker, William A. Shugart, George Z. Sipe, Norman W. Sisk, Thomas H. Skelly, Edward
Woodruff, Walter W. Woods, Charles E. Workman, Jerome S. Worrell, Samuel C. Yeske, August G. Yorkshire, George Young, Geo.
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