Sir George Bettesworth Piggott (30 April 1867 – 14 March 1952)
was a British judge who served in various positions under the
British Empire.
Early life
Piggott was the son of Fraser Piggott, a
justice of the peace
A justice of the peace (JP) is a judicial officer of a lower or ''puisne'' court, elected or appointed by means of a commission ( letters patent) to keep the peace. In past centuries the term commissioner of the peace was often used with the sa ...
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[ His family had occupied Fitzhall in West Sussex since the 1400s.
He was educated at the Westminster School.][
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Law career
Piggott trained as a judge at the Middle Temple in June 1888, and practiced law in London and the South-East.[ Following this, he served as a judicial officer in the British Central Africa Protectorate in 1896.]Chief Justice of Zanzibar The Chief Justice of Zanzibar is the highest judge of Zanzibar, part of the state United Republic of Tanzania. He is appointed by the President of Zanzibar in consultation with the Judicial Services Commission and presides over the High Court for Z ...
. While there, he helped implement "a deeply-entrenched legal bureaucracy" and the implementation of British imperial law.[
In 1904, he became Assistant Judge for the Sublime Ottoman Porte in Constantinople.][ He retired from the position in 1911 and returned to Africa, sitting in the ]East African Court of Appeal
The East African Court of Appeal (EACA) was a court which served as the appellate court for the British colonies in eastern Africa and west Asia.
The court was established in 1902 as the Eastern African Court of Appeal and was the appellate court ...
and as a judge for the Sultanate of Zanzibar.[
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Political career
In 1913, he unsuccessfully contested Battersea in the London County Council election (LCC) as a member of the Municipal Reform Party. However, he sat on the LCC from 1917 to 1919 for Mile End, and then for Clapham until 1922.[ At the time of his retirement from the LCC, he was chairman of the Public Control Committee.
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Personal life
On 12 July 1904, Piggott married Amy Spiller, a granddaughter of ironmaster Robert Thompson Crawshay
Robert Thompson Crawshay (3 March 1817 – 10 May 1879) was a British ironmaster.
Life
Crawshay, youngest son of William Crawshay by his second wife, Bella Thompson, was born at Cyfarthfa Ironworks. He was educated at Dr. Prichard's school at ...
.Helwan
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, Egypt.
In 1915, he married Nadine Beauchamp, daughter of Reginald William Proctor-Beauchamp. In 1927, he married Winifred Lathbury.
Throughout the build-up and length of World War II, Piggott and his third wife travelled around Canada and the United States: he had stated that "in isopinion" there would be no war. During this time, they enjoyed the company of various socialites, entertaining guests at hotels at Palm Beach, Florida
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, and holidaying in Alberta's Rockies. They attended parties with Archduke Franz Josef of Austria and his wife.
He died on 14 March 1952 in Monte Carlo.[
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Honours
* Commander of the British Empire (CBE) – 1918
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Events
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References
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1867 births
1952 deaths
Sultanate of Zanzibar judges
People educated at Westminster School, London
Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Members of London County Council
People from the British Empire