Pigot 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 special remainder to his brothers General Robert Pigot and Admiral Hugh Pigot.[4][5]

Baron Pigot

On 19 January 1766 Pigot was raised to the Peerage of Ireland as 'Baron Pigot;[6] with 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.[4]

Pigot baronets, of Patshull (1764)

The heir apparent is the present holder's eldest son George Douglas Hugh Pigot (born 1982).[10]

Extended family

  • Hugh Pigot (c. 1722–1792)[11] 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. ^ a b c d e f g Cokayne, George Edward (1906). Complete Baronetage. Vol. V. Exeter: W. Pollard & Co., Ltd. pp. 133–134.
  5. ^ a b "Pigot, Sir George, 1st Bt. (1719-1777), of Patshull, Staffs., History of Parliament Online". historyofparliamentonline.org.
  6. ^ "No. 10586". The London Gazette. 24 December 1765. p. 2.
  7. ^ "Pigot, Sir George". Who's Who. A & C Black. Retrieved 11 March 2022. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  8. ^ "Pigot, Brig.-Gen. Sir Robert". Who's Who. A & C Black. Retrieved 11 March 2022. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  9. ^ "Pigot, Maj.-Gen. Sir Robert (Anthony)". Who's Who. A & C Black. Retrieved 11 March 2022. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  10. ^ a b "Pigot, Sir George (Hugh)". Who's Who. A & C Black. Retrieved 11 March 2022. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  11. ^ Laughton, John Knox (1896). "Pigot, Hugh (1721?-1792)" . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 45. London: Smith, Elder & Co.