Bartholomew Higgs

**Bartholomew Higgs** (25 October, 1880 - 10 September, 1975) was an English pure-blood wizard and member of the Higgs family. He attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry from 1 September, 1892 to 1899 and was a member of Slytherin House. He was the older brother of fellow Wizengamot member Bartemius Higgs. At school he played Chaser for the Slytherin Quidditch Team.

Bartholomew Higgs married Bathsheba Crickerly on 21 October, 1901, and they had one son together, Alwin Higgs. Through his son, Alwin, he was the paternal grandfather of Bathilda Corran (née Higgs), wife of Wizengamot member David Corran.

He was the paternal great uncle of Albert "Bertie" Higgs, who was a close personal friend of Minister for Magic Rufus Scrimgeour in the year 1996. He was the second great-uncle of Terence Higgs and his sister Theresa, both of whom attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in the 1990s.

## Biography

### Early life

Bartholomew Higgs was born on 25 October, 1880, in Coleshill, Warwickshire, England. Coleshill is a market town in the North Warwickshire district of Warwickshire, England, taking its name from the River Cole, which it stands on. He was born into the Higgs family, and had a younger brother, Bartemius Higgs.

#### Hogwarts years

He received his Hogwarts letter in the summer of 1892. That same summer, he visited Diagon Alley, located in London, and purchased a wand made of aspen and dragon heartstring from Ollivander's Wand Shop. On 1 September, 1892, he boarded the train for Hogwarts and was sorted into Slytherin House that same night.

He was in the same year at school as Albus Dumbledore and Elphias Doge, both Gryffindors. Bartholomew Higgs, on the other hand, was a Slytherin. He shared a dormitory with Paschal Parkinson, Alector Carrow, and Cornelius Moon, some of his fellow pure-bloods. It is unknown whether they interacted with Dumbledore or Doge, or Hufflepuff Harvey Ridgebit, who later became famous for naming the species of dragon, the Norwegian Ridgeback.

His younger brother, Bartemius Higgs, started school on 1 September, 1896, when Bartholomew was a fifth year. He was also sorted into Slytherin. That year, Bartholomew Higgs would have sat his O.W.L.s, which he presumably passed.

He left the school in 1899.

### Later life

Bartholomew Higgs married Bathsheba Crickerly on 21 October, 1901, and they had one son together, Alwin Higgs, in the year 1902. Alwin Higgs was their only son. Bartholomew Higgs became an employee of the Ministry of Magic sometime between leaving school and marrying Bathsheba Crickerly: he became a member of the Wizengamot in 1912.

Bartholomew Higgs, his wife, Bathsheba, and son, Alwin Higgs, were political guests at the wedding of Arcturus Black III and Melania E. Macmillan, which took place on 12 August, 1923. Also invited was his brother, Bartemius Higgs.

Bartholomew's son, Alwin Higgs, married Elspeth Abbott in 1930, and they had a daughter together, Bathilda, in 1932. His granddaughter, Bathilda, married Wizengamot Member David Corran in 1958. They had a son together, Rupert Corran, who was Bartholomew's great-grandson, in 1960.

#### Death

Bartholomew Higgs passed away on 10 September, 1975, at the age of 94, in his hometown of Coleshill, Warwickshire. He was survived by his son, Alwin Higgs, daughter-in-law, Elspeth Higgs (née Abbott), granddaughter, Bathilda Corran (née Higgs), and a great-grandson, Rupert Corran.

## Etymology

The name Bartholomew stems from *Βαρθολομαιος (Bartholomaios)*, which was the Greek form of an Aramaic name meaning "son of TALMAI". In the New Testament *Bartholomew* is the byname of an apostle, possibly the same person as the apostle Nathanael. According to tradition he was a missionary to India before returning westward to Armenia, where he was martyred by flaying. Due to the popularity of this saint the name became common in England during the Middle Ages.