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| Date transcribed | 2011-08-00 | | Transcribed by | Peter Bailey | | Comment | Note that notables of Indian, Afghan, etc. origin do not always follow the alphabetical name patterns established by Buckland in his original work. |
| | Surname | Pigot | | | First Name(s) | George Baron | | | Birth Year | 1719 | | | Death Year | 1777 | | | Entry | I.C.S. : Governor : born March 4, 1719 : son of Richard Pigot : went to Madras in the E. I. Co.'s Civil Service, 1737 : was factor, junior merchant, senior merchant : in Council, and rose to be Governor of Madras, Jan. 14, 1755, to Nov. 14, 1763 : defended Madras against the French, 1758-9 : resigned, and returned to England, 1765 : made a Baronet in 1764 : M.P. for Wallingford and Bridgnorth : made an Irish Peer, 1766 : LL.D., Cambridge, 1769 : again became Governor and C. in C, Madras, Dec. 11, 1775 : and set himself to repress malpractices : reinstated the Raja of Tanjore, in April, 1776 : disputes arose between Pigot and his council regarding the claims of Paul Benfield on the Tanjore revenues, and the restoration of the Raja : Pigot suspended two Members of Council, and ordered the arrest of the Commandant, Sir Robert Fletcher : the Council retaliated, and on Aug. 24, 1776, had Pigot arrested, taken to St. Thomas' Mount and kept in confinement, where he died May 11, 1777. The Court of Proprietors of the E. I. Co. in London voted in Pigot's favour, and eventually, with the concurrence of the Court of Directors, Pigot was ordered to be restored to his Governorship, with instructions to resign directly. But he had meanwhile died. Four Members of Council were tried in England for his arrest and fined £1,000 each. |
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