Bartemius Higgs

**Bartemius Higgs** (18 April, 1885 - 17 June, 1960) was an English pure-blood wizard and member of the Higgs family. He attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry from 1 September, 1896 to 1903 and was a member of Slytherin House. He was the younger brother of fellow Wizengamot member Bartholomew Higgs. At school he played Seeker for the Slytherin Quidditch Team.

Bartemius Higgs married Astrea Moon in 1905, and they had one son together, Algernon Higgs. Through his son Algernon, he was the paternal grandfather of Albert "Bertie" Higgs, who was a close personal friend of Minister for Magic Rufus Scrimgeour in the year 1996. He was the great-grandfather of Terence Higgs and his sister Theresa, both of whom attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in the 1990s.

He was the paternal uncle of Alwin Higgs. Through his nephew, Alwin, he was the great-uncle of Bathilda Corran (née Higgs), wife of Wizengamot member David Corran.

## Biography

### Early life

Bartemius Higgs was born on 18 April, 1885, 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 an older brother, Bartholomew Higgs.

#### Hogwarts years

He received his Hogwarts letter in the summer of 1896. That same summer, he visited Diagon Alley, located in London, and purchased a wand made of mahogany and dragon heartstring from Ollivander's Wand Shop. On 1 September, 1896, he boarded the train for Hogwarts and was sorted into Slytherin House that same night.

He shared a dormitory with Arcturus Black II, son of the then Hogwarts Headmaster, Phineas Nigellus Black. In his third year of school, he began playing Seeker for the Slytherin Quidditch Team.

### Later life

Bartemius Higgs married Astrea Moon on 8 August, 1905, and they had one son together, Algernon Higgs, in the year 1907. Algernon Higgs was their only son. Bartemius Higgs became an employee of the Ministry of Magic sometime between leaving school and marrying Astrea: he became a member of the Wizengamot in 1915.

Bartemius Higgs, his wife, Astrea, and son, Algernon 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, Bartholomew Higgs.

He was widowed on 10 July, 1925, after his wife, Astrea Higgs (née Moon) passed away at the age of 40. She died in St. Mungo's due to a problem with the lungs.

He was the brother-in-law of Cornelius Moon, also a member of the Wizengamot, and thus the brother-in-law of Òceane Moon (née Malfoy), wife of Astrea's brother Cornelius.

#### Death

Bartemius Higgs died on 17 June, 1960, at the age of 75 in Coleshill, Warwickshire, England. He was survived by a son, Algernon Higgs, a daughter-in-law, Anissa, and a grandson, Albert Higgs.

## Etymology

The name Bartemius is the Latinized form of *Bartimaios*, which is a hybrid Hebrew-Greek name meaning "son of Timaeus", consisting of Hebrew *bar* "son" and the personal name Timeaus. In the bible, Bartimaeus was a blind man who was healed by Jesus.

The ancient Anglo-Saxon surname Higgs came from Richard, which had several diminutive forms in the Middle Ages, including Dick, Rick, Hick, and Hegge. The name was introduced into England by the Normans after the Norman Conquest of 1066.