Hugh Pigot (other)
Hugh Pigot may refer to: * Hugh Pigot (Royal Navy officer, born 1722) (1722–1792), admiral and commander-in-chief of the Royal Navy's West Indian fleet from 1782 * Hugh Pigot (Royal Navy officer, born 1769) (1769–1797), his son, brutal officer, killed by his own men during the mutiny on HMS ''Hermione'' * Hugh Pigot (Royal Navy officer, born 1775) Admiral Sir Hugh Pigot (1775 – 29 July 1857) was an officer of the Royal Navy, who served in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, and the War of 1812. Biography Early life and career He was born the illegitimate son of George Pigo ...

Hugh Pigot (Royal Navy Officer, Born 1722)
Admiral of the White Hugh Pigot (28 May 1722 – 15 December 1792), of Wychwood Forest in Oxfordshire, was a Royal Navy officer. He commanded at the reduction of Louisbourg in June 1758 and commanded '' Royal William'' at the capture of Quebec in September 1759 during the Seven Years' War. He went on to serve as Commander-in-Chief of the Leeward Islands Station during the American Revolutionary War and then became First Naval Lord. He also served as a Member of Parliament. Naval career Early career Hugh Pigot was the third son of Richard Pigot of Westminster, by his wife Frances, daughter of Peter Goode, a Huguenot who had come to England in the late seventeenth century. His elder brothers were George Pigot, 1st Baron Pigot, who twice served as Governor of Madras, and Lieutenant-General Sir Robert Pigot, who commanded the left flank of the British forces at the Battle of Bunker Hill. Pigot entered the navy in around 1735, serving for four years as a captain's servant and a ...
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Hugh Pigot (Royal Navy Officer, Born 1769)
Hugh Pigot (5 September 1769 – 21 September 1797) was an officer in the Royal Navy. Through his connections and their patronage, he was able to rise to the rank of captain, despite apparently poor leadership skills and a reputation for brutality. While he was captain of ''Hermione'', he eventually provoked his men to mutiny. The mutiny, which became one of the bloodiest in the history of the Royal Navy, left Pigot and nine other officers dead. The Navy hunted down and executed a number of the mutineers and recaptured his ship from the Spanish, to whom the mutineers had turned it over. Family and early life Pigot was born in Patshull, Staffordshire, on 5 September 1769, the second son of Admiral Hugh Pigot. His mother was Hugh's second wife, Frances, who was the daughter of Sir Richard Wrottesley. The younger Hugh embarked on his naval career on 10 March 1782, when he joined the 50-gun as an admiral's servant. He sailed from the Hamoaze with the ''Jupiter'' to the West Indi ...
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