Sir Charles Douglas Wiggin (26 September 1922 – 8 March 1977) was a British diplomat who was ambassador to Spain.
Career Charles Douglas Wiggin was educated at Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford. He served in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve during World War II, then joined the Diplomatic Service in 1946. Between posts at the Foreign Office (later the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, FCO) he served at the embassies in Santiago, Stockholm, Tehran and Washington, D.C. He was private secretary to Edward Heath, who was Lord Privy Seal and deputy Foreign Secretary, 1961–63 and briefly to Lord Carrington in 1963. He then attended the Imperial Defence College, served again at Tehran and as head of department at the FCO, and finally as ambassador to Spain 1974–77.The London Gazette, 19 November 1974
Wiggin was appointed CMG in 1968Supplement to the London Gazette, 8 June 1968 and knighted KCMG during his posting to Spain.Supplement to the London Gazette, 12 June 1976
Family In 1948 Wiggin married Marie Thérèse Elizabeth Leche in Santiago, Chile, where her father, Sir John Leche, was British ambassador at the time. They had three daughters.
Through his mother, Carmen Fernandez Vallin y Parrella, Wiggin inherited the title of Marqués de MurosBoletín Oficial del Estado, 20 May 1972 (in Spanish) (Muros de Nalón, Asturias, Spain, where he was born).
Honours and awards On 3 March 1944 Acting Flight Lieutenant Charles Douglas Wiggin of No. 44 Squadron RAF was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross:
References
WIGGIN, Sir Charles (Douglas), Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012 Sir Charles Wiggin (obituary), The Times, London, 11 March 1977, page 20