Edward John Doherty Wigginton was 25 January 1857, the son of the architect William Wigginton FRIBA and his wife Mary.
He went to Merchant Taylors’ leaving in 1873 and became a member of the London Stock Exchange.
He was Master of the Lodge in 1904 and a Founder of the Chapter in 1922 and the Founding Z and acted as the administrative force behind its formation.
He married Frances Mary Webster-Wedderburn, daughter of Charles Adrian Webster-Wedderburn and Frances Mary Huntly, in 1883 and they had 2 sons, William Wedderburn Wigginton and John Edward Archibald, both of whom went to Merchant Taylors’.