Pigot baronets

Not to be confused with Pigott baronets or Pigott-Brown baronets.

Pigot baronets
Escutcheon of the Pigot baronets of Patshull
Creation date1764[1]
Statusextant[2]
MottoTout foys prest, At all times ready[1]

The Pigot Baronetcy, of Patshull Hall in the County of Stafford, is a title in the Baronetage of Great Britain.[3] It was created on 5 December 1764 for the politician and colonial administrator George Pigot, with remainder to his brothers General Robert Pigot and Admiral Hugh Pigot, and remains extant. On 19 January 1766 Pigot was further honoured when he was raised to the Peerage of Ireland as Baron Pigot,[4] with normal remainder to the heirs male of his body. Lord Pigot was unmarried (although he left several natural children; see below) and on his death in 1777 the barony became extinct. He was succeeded in the baronetcy according to the special remainder by his brother, Robert, the second Baronet. He was a distinguished soldier.

Pigot baronets, of Patshull (1764)

The heir apparent is the present holder's eldest son George Douglas Hugh Pigot (born 1982).

Extended family

  • Hugh Pigot (c. 1722–1792)[9] brother of the first Baron and second Baronet, was an Admiral in the Royal Navy.
  • Richard Pigot (1774–1868), illegitimate son of the first Baron, was a General in the British Army.
  • Sir Hugh Pigot (1775–1857), illegitimate son of the first Baron, was an Admiral of the White.
  • Hugh Pigot (1769–1797), a Royal Navy Captain was slain during the mutiny on the Hermione. Nephew of the first Baron.

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f Foster, Joseph (1881). The baronetage and knightage. Nichols and Sons. p. 500.
  2. ^ "Official Roll". The Standing Council of the Baronetage. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
  3. ^ "No. 10472". The London Gazette. 20 November 1764. p. 1.
  4. ^ "No. 10586". The London Gazette. 24 December 1765. p. 2.
  5. ^ "Pigot, Sir George". Who's Who. A & C Black. Retrieved 11 March 2022. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  6. ^ "Pigot, Brig.-Gen. Sir Robert". Who's Who. A & C Black. Retrieved 11 March 2022. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  7. ^ "Pigot, Maj.-Gen. Sir Robert (Anthony)". Who's Who. A & C Black. Retrieved 11 March 2022. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  8. ^ "Pigot, Sir George (Hugh)". Who's Who. A & C Black. Retrieved 11 March 2022. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  9. ^ Laughton, John Knox (1896). "Pigot, Hugh (1721?-1792)" . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 45. London: Smith, Elder & Co.