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About Hugh Pigot
Admiral of the White Hugh Pigot, of Wychwood Forest in Oxfordshire, was a Royal Navy officer. He commanded York 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.
Everything about Hugh Pigot →- Occupation
- politician, naval officer
- Position held
- member of the 13th Parliament of Great Britain, member of the 14th Parliament of Great Britain, member of the 15th Parliament of Great Britain, First Sea Lord
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Born
- May 28, 1722
- Died
- December 15, 1792