Mick Rigby

**Mick Rigby** (born 11 June, 1925) was a pure-blood wizard who attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry from 1 September, 1936 to June of 1943. He tried out for the Gryffindor Quidditch Team in his fourth year of school and landed the spot of Chaser.

He married an unknown witch named Georgia in 1956 and they had a son and a daughter together, Keith and Susan. His daughter, Susan, became the wife of Caradoc Dearborn, a member of the Order. His son, Keith, later married a muggle-born in witch in 1981, after the First Wizarding War.

He was the paternal grandfather of Ellen and Mandy Rigby.

## Biography

### Early life

Mick Rigby was born on 11 June, 1925, the son of a half-blood wizard and a half-blood witch. He was born in Picklescott, Smethcott, Shropshire, England. The village was located in the northern foothills of the Long Mynd, approximately 5 kilometres (3 miles) northwest of Church Stretton and 11 kilometres (7 miles) south of Shrewsbury. Picklescott lies in the parish of Smethcott, now a hamlet to its east. To the south of the village is the hamlet of Betchcott.

#### Hogwarts years

Mick Rigby received his Hogwarts letter in the summer of 1936. Sometime before he left for school, he purchased a wand made of ash and dragon heartstring from Ollivander's Wand Shop in Diagon Alley, London. He boarded the Hogwarts Express on 1 September, 1936, and later that night, he was sorted into Gryffindor. He became the best friend of Tobias Goodwin.

In his fourth year of school, Mick tried out for the Gryffindor Quidditch team. The position that he played was Chaser.

In his fifth year of school, Mick's friend Tobias was made the captain of an unusually young Gryffindor Quidditch team, comprised of mainly fifth and fourth years like them. Also on the team was Gordon MacCallum, a fellow Chaser, as well as Gilchrist Bellchant and Archie Doge, Beaters, Ivor McKinnon, the Keeper, and Dominic Gudgeon, the Seeker. Also on the team was Ansel Hume, who was a substitute. This year, they won the Quidditch Cup.

In Mick's seventh year of school, the Chamber of Secrets was opened by Tom Riddle, which resulted in the petrification of four muggle-borns, and the death of a third year Ravenclaw student, Myrtle Warren. Another third year student was framed for her death, Rubeus Hagrid, as well as an illegal acromantula he'd been hiding in the school, which was passed off as the monster.

### Later life

He married an unknown witch named Georgia in 1956 and they had a son and a daughter together, Keith and Susan. His daughter, Susan, became the wife of Caradoc Dearborn, a member of the Order. His son, Keith, later married a muggle-born in witch in 1981, after the First Wizarding War.

He was the paternal grandfather of Ellen and Mandy Rigby.

## Etymology

The name Mick is a pet form of the given name *Michael*. The name "Michael" is from the Hebrew name מִיכָאֵל (*Mikha'el*) meaning "who is like God?". This is a rhetorical question, implying no person is like God. Saint Michael was one of the seven archangels in Hebrew tradition and the only one identified as an archangel in the Bible. In the Book of Revelation in the New Testament he is portrayed as the leader of heaven's armies, and thus is considered the patron saint of soldiers.