Edward Coey Bigger
Irish politician and physician (1861–1942)
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Sir Edward Coey Bigger (1861 – 1 June 1942) was an Irish politician and physician.[1] He was an independent member of Seanad Éireann from 1925 to 1936. He was first elected to the Seanad at the 1925 election for 9 years.[2] He was re-elected at the 1934 election for 3 years.[2]
Edward Coey Bigger | |
|---|---|
| Senator | |
| In office 17 September 1925 – 29 May 1936 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1861 Belfast, Ireland |
| Died | 1 June 1942 (aged 80–81) County Kildare, Ireland |
| Party | Independent |
| Spouse |
Maude Coulter Warwick
(m. 1886; died 1926) |
| Children | 2, including Joseph |
| Relatives | Francis Joseph Bigger (brother) |
He was chair of the Irish Public Health Council and Medical Member of Local Government Board, Ireland.[1] In 1917 he was the author of a report to the Carnegie United Kingdom Trust on the physical welfare of mothers and children in Ireland.[3]
Bigger was the Crown Representative for Ireland on the British General Medical Council from 1917 to 1927.[1] He was chair of the Central Midwives Board for Ireland (1918–1942).[1] He was the inaugural Chair of first the General Nursing Council for Ireland from 1920[4] and then the General Nursing Council for the Irish Free State from 1929.[5] He was on the Joint Nursing and Midwives’ Council for Northern Ireland at the time of his death in 1942.[6] He was on the Royal College of Nursing Council 1924-1932.
He was knighted in the 1921 New Year Honours for his contribution to public health.
One of his brothers was Francis Joseph Bigger. His son Joseph Warwick Bigger was a senator from 1947 to 1951.[3]