In 1823 he was elected a director of the Bank of England until 1824, holding the post again in later years.
The shipbuilding partnership Wigram and Green ended in 1843, and Money Wigram and Sons retained the western half of the shipyard, the eastern half being owned by Richard and Henry Green.
They included three sons who continued the business after his retirement: Charles Hampden, Clifford and Robert; and Woolmore Wigram, an Anglican priest.
[2] In 1860 he bought Moor Place, a country house in Much Hadham, Hertfordshire, to which he added a south wing in 1861.
[2] Money Wigram and Sons built its last iron ship in 1876; the yard was bought by Midland Railway in 1877, and was developed as a coal dock.