William Biggs

William Biggs (1804 – 3 October 1881) was a British politician and hosier.

He was elected as a councillor for Leicester City Council on 26 December 1835 and served as Mayor of Leicester on three occasions in 1842, 1848 and 1859.

He resigned from Parliament on 7 January 1857 through appointment as Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds.

He was President of the Leicester Literary and Philosophical Society in 1849.

[2] Born in Leicester in 1804, he was the younger brother of John Biggs who was also a politician and hosier.