Francis Pigott Stainsby Conant
| Francis Conant | |
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| 8th Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man | |
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In office 1860–1863 |
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| Monarch | Victoria |
| Preceded by | Mark Hildesley Quayle (acting) |
| Succeeded by | Mark Hildesley Quayle (acting) |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Francis Pigott 1809 |
| Died | 21 January 1863 |
| Nationality | British |
| Spouse(s) | Frances Phillips Wilder |
| Relations | Eight children |
Francis Pigott Stainsby Conant (1809 – 21 January 1863) was a British Whig politician who became the Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man from 22 October 1860 until his sudden death in 1863. His family home was Archer Lodge, Hampshire, England.
Francis Pigott was born at Trunkwell House, Berkshire, in 1809. The addition of "Stainsby" and "Conant" to Francis Pigott's name came during his lifetime as a result of a chain of wills/inheritances from other individuals who were close to the Pigott family and had no descendants. This included 38 acres (150,000 m2) of land in Limehouse and Poplar, London; the family's names are commemorated in property names in that area including Pigott Street, Stainsby Road and Conant House.
Francis Pigott was the eldest son of Paynton Pigott Stainsby Conant and could trace his descent from Pigott, Baron of Boorne, Normandy, one of the forty Knights who accompanied William the Conqueror to England.
In 1833 Pigott married Frances Phillips Wilder; the second daughter of Lieutenant General Sir Francis John Connor Wilder, a former Member of Parliament for Arundel. Pigott's marriage to Frances Wilder bore eight children.
Frances Pigott was educated at Eton, and at Lincoln College, Oxford.
Pigott was Member of Parliament (MP) for Reading for thirteen years having won the seat from the Conservatives at the 1847 general election, being re-elected three times before resigning his seat. In addition Pigott was a Magistrate and a Lieutenant in the Hampshire Yeomanry.
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