Henry Pigot

Sir Henry Pigot
Sir Henry Pigot
Born	1750
Died	7 June 1840 London
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Rank	General
Awards	Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George

General Sir Henry Pigot GCMG (1750 – 7 June 1840) was a British Army officer.

Military career

Born the son of Admiral Hugh Pigot, Pigot was commissioned as a cornet in 1769.^[1] He served in the Netherlands in 1793 and, following the Siege of Malta, accepted the surrender of Valletta from the French forces under General Claude-Henri Belgrand de Vaubois in September 1800.^[1] He went on to be Civil Commissioner of Malta in February 1801.^[2] As civil commissioner, he accepted the demolition of the majority of the fortifications of Valletta, but this act was never done and the city walls survive largely intact to this day.^[3]

Pigot was colonel of the 82nd Regiment of Foot (1798–1836) and then of the 38th Regiment of Foot (1836–1840).^[1] He was promoted full general on 1 January 1812 and appointed a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George in 1837.^[4]

References

1. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
2. World Statesmen
3. Bonello, Giovanni (18 November 2012). "Let's hide the majestic bastions". Times of Malta. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
4. The Peerage.com