Ignatius Prewett III

Ignatius Prewett III, husband of Wilhelmina Canterbury and grandfather of Nola and the Knockturnals' drummer Ignatius Prewett V, is a former head of the British office of the International Magical Trading Standards Body in the Department of International Magical Cooperation and since 1989 has been a member of the Wizengamot and became an Elder in 2007 upon the death of his grandfather.

History

Born February 5, 1946 to Ignatius Prewett II and Lucretia Black, Ignatius had a privileged upbringing, being the son of two old and wealthy pureblood families. When he went to Hogwarts he was sorted into Gryffindor, like many previous and future Prewetts, though his mother had hoped he would follow her into Slytherin. In 1964, Ignatius married his longtime girlfriend from Hogwarts, Wilhelmina Canterbury ensuring the continuation of a pureblood Prewett line, and ensuring his inheritance of Prewett Manor.

After graduating from Hogwarts, Ignatius started work at the Department of International Magical Cooperation as part of the International Magical Trading Standards Body. By the time his father died in 1989 he was heading up the British office of the International Magical Trading Standards Body. A few days after the funeral, he joined his grandfather on the Wizengamot taking up his father’s seat. He continued with both positions up until August 1997 when the Ministry was taken over by Voldemort.

Ignatius along with most of the Prewett’s working in the Ministry at the time resigned, with everyone moving into the Prewett Manor and with some working quietly against the new regime. Something only possible because of the sheer size of the family, the protections on the centuries old manor, and their pureblood status and connections that left the family relatively safe. Ignatius did work with his international connections from the Magical Trading Standards Body to help smuggle muggleborns out of the country. While he certainly wouldn’t have married a muggleborn, or been happy with one of his children marrying a muggleborn he felt no animosity toward them and certainly didn’t think they belonged in Azkaban.

After the end of the Second Wizarding War, the Prewett’s moved back into their old positions, working with Minister Shacklebolt on reforms within the Ministry. Ignatius continued on with heading the British Office of the International Magical Trading Standards Body and his seat on the Wizengamot up until 2007 when his grandfather passed away at the age of 104. With his grandfather passing, he was offered the position of an Wizengamot Elder and inherited all of the Prewett family estates and one of the old dragon guarded vaults at Gringotts, with his son Ignatius Prewett IV taking his former seat in the Wizengamot. A year later he resigned from the Magical Trading Standards Body when his grandson was bitten by a werewolf so that he would have time to help his grandson. He did, however, remain a Wizengamot Elder. Once it was confirmed that Ignatius V was a werewolf he built a safe room in the basement of the Prewett Manor for the exclusive use of his grandson and helped get the room approved queitly both for Iggy’s sake as well as the family’s. Because of this turn of events, he does have some sympathy for werewolves and their situation.

Gryffindor Graduate (Class of 1964)