Sir Robert Pigot, 4th Baronet (3 November 1801 – 1 June 1891), was a British

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politician who sat in the

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in two periods between 1832 and 1853. Pigot was the son of General

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and his wife Mary Anne Monckton. The Peerage
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. He held the seat until 1837. He was re-elected in 1838 and held the seat until 1853 when his election in 1852 was declared void. Pigot inherited the

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in 1841. He was Deputy Lieutenant of Shropshire. He married Emily Georgiana Elise Benyon of Ash Hall, Whitchurch, Shropshire.

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