Harold Grant Pigott (20 August 1894 – 26 August 1979) was an Antiguan-born

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who served as

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from 1962 until 1969. He was educated at the Codrington College, Barbados and

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in 1918. Crockford's Clerical Directory1940-41 Oxford,

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,1941 After a

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at St Lucy,

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, he was

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Barrouallie Barrouallie is a town located on the island of Saint Vincent. It was established by French settlers in 1719, the first European colony on St. Vincent. With the rest of the island, it passed back and forth between the French and the British, fina ...

and

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on St Vincent. After this he was

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of St Vincent and then

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before his appointment to the

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References

1894 births Alumni of Codrington College 20th-century Anglican bishops in the Caribbean Anglican bishops of the Windward Islands Commanders of the Order of the British Empire 1979 deaths Archdeacons of Grenada Archdeacons of St Vincent Deans of St George's Cathedral, Kingstown {{Christian-clergy-stub