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Pigott (surname)
Pigott and Piggott are English surnames. The Pigott Baronetcy is a title in the Baronetage of Great Britain. Derivation and variants The name Pigott / Piggott is derived from Picot. The latter is recorded as a given name in the Domesday Book, but its origin is not clear. It may stem from the Germanic or Old English ''pic'', a sharply pointed hill, being applied to residents living near such a feature, or could have been used for a tall, thin person as ''pic'' could mean a sharp or pointed tool. William Camden suggested a derivation from Old French ''picote'' meaning pock-marked, freckled. in ''A dictionary of English and Welsh surnames: with special American instances'' by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley, London, 1901. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Surname
In some cultures, a surname, family name, or last name is the portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family, tribe or community. Practices vary by culture. The family name may be placed at either the start of a person's full name, as the forename, or at the end; the number of surnames given to an individual also varies. As the surname indicates genetic inheritance, all members of a family unit may have identical surnames or there may be variations; for example, a woman might marry and have a child, but later remarry and have another child by a different father, and as such both children could have different surnames. It is common to see two or more words in a surname, such as in compound surnames. Compound surnames can be composed of separate names, such as in traditional Spanish culture, they can be hyphenated together, or may contain prefixes. Using names has been documented in even the oldest historical records. Examples of surnames are documented in the 11th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Pigott
Jean Elizabeth Morrison Pigott, OC (May 20, 1924 – January 10, 2012) was a Canadian politician and businesswoman. The daughter of Ottawa businessman George Morrison, her family has lived in the Ottawa Valley for four generations. She married Arthur Pigott in 1955. Pigott was president and CEO of her family's business, Morrison-Lamothe Bakery, one of only three women CEOs in Canada in the early 1970s. In 1976, she won a by-election in Ottawa—Carleton riding and became a Member of Parliament in the House of Commons of Canada as a Progressive Conservative. In the 1979 federal election, she lost her seat to Liberal Party candidate Jean-Luc Pépin even though the Progressive Conservative Party made enough gains elsewhere in the country to form a minority government. The new Prime Minister, Joe Clark, hired Pigott as an advisor. In the 1980 federal election, she was the Tory candidate in Ottawa Centre, where she placed second to Liberal candidate John Evans. Following ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Trigg Pigott
William Trigg Pigott (November 3, 1860 – March 18, 1944)"William T. Pigott", ''The Independent-Record'' (March 21, 1944), p. 4. was a justice of the Montana Supreme Court from 1897 to 1902, and again in 1918. Born in Boonville, Missouri, Pigott graduated from the Law Department of the University of Missouri in 1880 and then moved to Virginia City, Montana Virginia City is a town in and the county seat of Madison County, Montana, United States. In 1961 the town and the surrounding area were designated a National Historic Landmark District, the Virginia City Historic District. The population was 2 .... Later in 1880, Justice Pigott was appointed City Attorney of Virginia City, and served for ten years. In 1890, he moved to Great Falls, Montana, to practice law. He was appointed to the Montana Supreme Court by Governor Robert Burns Smith to a seat vacated by the death of Justice Horace R. Buck."Smith Appoints Judge Pigott of Great Falls to the Bench", ''The Billings Weekly Gaze ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
