Thomas Bignold [SEP] date of birth
Thomas Bignold
Thomas Bignold (1761–1835) was the founder of Norwich Union, now known as Aviva plc, one of the United Kingdom's largest insurance businesses.
Career.
Born in Westerham, Kent, Thomas Bignold worked as an exciseman before moving to Norwich in the early 1780s. He became a wine and spirit merchant in 1785. In 1792 he was appointed secretary of the Norwich General Assurance Company.
He left Norwich General Assurance in 1797 to found the Norwich Union Fire Insurance Society with support from local shopkeepers
Arthur Bignold
Sir Arthur Bignold (8 July 1839 – 23 March 1915) was a Unionist Party politician in Scotland who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Wick Burghs from 1900 to 1910.
Bignold was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge. In 1873 he was a founding member of The Kennel Club. He won his seat in the House of Commons at the 1900 general election, when he defeated the sitting Liberal Party MP Thomas Hedderwick. Bignold was re-elected in 1906, but lost his seat