Pigot baronets

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

The Pigot baronetcy, of Patshull Hall in the County of Stafford, is a title in the Baronetage of Great Britain. 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.

Baron Pigot

On 19 January 1766 Pigot was raised to the Peerage of Ireland as 'Baron Pigot; 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.

Pigot baronets, of Patshull (1764)

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

Extended family

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 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. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Cokayne, George Edward (1906). Complete Baronetage. Vol. V. Exeter: W. Pollard & Co., Ltd. pp. 133–134.
  5. 1 2 "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. 1 2 "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.