Jonathan Rigg was christened at St Patrick's in Patrick Brompton, Yorkshire on the 13 April 1809,[1] the eldest child of Reverend Hugh Rigg and Maria Addison, originally of Westmorland. Reverend Hugh was the incumbent vicar at St Patrick's, where he served for 55 years.
As early as 1838 Jonathan became a tea grower and trader in West Java in the Dutch East Indies, in partnership with his mother's uncle, Robert Addison. Together they owned the Jasinga Estate plantation with Jonathan taking full control in 1853 and inheriting the property following Robert's death in 1862.[2]
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{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Campbell, Donald McLaine (1915). Java, Past and Present: a description of the most beautiful country in the world, its ancient history, people, antiquities, and products. London: William Heinemann. p. 650.