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the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
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Pigot
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(1720-1796), who succeeded to the baronetcy, commanded his regiment (the 38th) at the battles of Lexington and Bunker Hill during the War of American Independence. He became a lieutenantgeneral in 1782. The other brother, HUGH PIGOT (c. 1721-1792), was a sailor. After some years of service he became an admiral and commander-in-chief in the West Indies in 1782. One of his sons was General SIR HENRY PIGOT (1750-1840), and another was HUGH PIGOT (1769-1797), a captain in the navy, who was murdered during a mutiny in September 1797 while in command of the "Hermione."
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Pigot'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/p/pigot.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Pigot'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/p/pigot.html. 1910.
