His son, Major Andrew Francis Clive Wigram, 3rd Baron (born 1949), succeeded to the title on his death.
Wigram was born on 2 August 1915[1][2] He was godson and a Page of Honour of George V. He resigned from the post in 1932.
He took a commission within the infantry contingent of the Oxford OTC on 7 February 1936, and became a second lieutenant with seniority from 7 August 1934.
[5] Wigram transferred from the Territorial Army, which he joined when he took a commission in the OTC, to the Grenadier Guards as a second lieutenant on 28 August 1937.
During a presentation he gave to a group of special needs school children at Coln House School, Fairford, Gloucestershire, Wigram described his experience at Dunkirk:There was absolute chaos on the beach and a lot of the destroyers had been sunk.
[7] Wigram was promoted to captain on 30 January 1944,[8] and returned to France during the Normandy landings that year.
[7]On 10 July 1945, (temporary) Major Wigram, Grenadier Guards,[9] was gazetted as having been awarded the Military Cross "in recognition of gallant and distinguished services in North West Europe".