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General
Sir Henry Pigot
GCMG
(1750 ? 7 June 1840) was a
British Army
officer.
Military career
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Born the son of Admiral
Hugh Pigot
, Pigot was commissioned as a
cornet
in 1769.
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He served in the
Netherlands
in 1793 and, following the
Siege of Malta
, accepted the surrender of
Valletta
from the
French forces
under General
Claude-Henri Belgrand de Vaubois
in September 1800.
[1]
He went on to be
Civil Commissioner of Malta
in February 1801. As civil commissioner, he accepted the demolition of the majority of the
fortifications of Valletta
, but this act was never done and the city walls survive largely intact to this day.
[2]
Pigot was colonel of the
82nd Regiment of Foot
(1798?1836) and then of the
38th Regiment of Foot
(1836?1840).
[1]
He was promoted full general on 1 January 1812 and appointed a
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George
in 1837.
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Background
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Occupation
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Siege of Malta
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Fortifications
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Notable figures
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Aftermath
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Civil commissioners (1799?1813)
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Governors (1813?1964)
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Governors-general (1964?1974)
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