Hugh Pigot (19th century admiral)

Sir Hugh Pigot
Born	1775
Died	29 July 1857 (aged 81–82)
Allegiance	Great Britain United Kingdom
Service/branch	Royal Navy
Years of service	1788–1847
Rank	Admiral
Commands held	HMS Speedy HMS Dauntless HMS Alligator HMS Circe HMS Captain HMS Latona HMS Orpheus HMS Diomed HMS Nymphe HMS Ramillies HMS Talavera HMS Barham Cork Station
Battles/wars	French Revolutionary Wars  • Siege of Toulon Napoleonic Wars  • Invasion of Martinique (1809)  • Troude's expedition to the Caribbean  • Action of 10 February 1809 War of 1812
Relations	Lord Pigot (father) Lt.-Gen. Robert Pigot (uncle) Adm. Hugh Pigot (uncle) Gen. Henry Pigot (cousin) Capt. Hugh Pigot (cousin) Gen. Richard Pigot (brother) Maj. George Pigot (brother)

Admiral Sir Hugh Pigot KCB KCH (1775 – 29 July 1857) was an officer of the British Royal Navy, who served in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, and the War of 1812.

He was born the illegitimate son of George Pigot, 1st Baron Pigot (1719–1777), and Catherine Hill, and was thus a nephew of Lieutenant-General Robert Pigot and Admiral Hugh Pigot, and a cousin of General Henry Pigot and the notorious Captain Hugh Pigot. His brothers Richard and George both had distinguished careers in the army, rising to the rank of general and major respectively.

Pigot entered the Navy on 1 May 1788, first serving aboard the 50-gun fourth-rate ship Salisbury, under the command of Captain Erasmus Gower, and the flagship of Rear-Admiral John Elliot, Commodore-Governor of Newfoundland. Later in the year he moved into the sloop Merlin, Captain Edward Pakenham. He then served for three years in home waters under Captain Andrew Snape Douglas, as a midshipman in the frigate Southampton, and in the guard ships Goliath and Alcide. In 1792 he sailed for the Mediterranean aboard the 50-gun Romney, flagship of Rear-Admiral Samuel Granston Goodall, who he followed into the 98-gun ship Princess Royal in May 1793.

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