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Sir Henry Pigot
Sir Henry Pigot
Born	1750
Died	7 June 1840 London
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service / branch	British Army
Rank	General
Awards	Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George

General Sir Henry Pigot GCMG (1750 – 7 June 1840) was a British Army officer.

Military career

Born the son of Admiral Hugh Pigot, Pigot was commissioned as a cornet in 1769. 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. 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.

Pigot was colonel of the 82nd Regiment of Foot (1798–1836) and then of the 38th Regiment of Foot (1836–1840). 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.

References

1. ^ Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
2. Bonello, Giovanni (18 November 2012). "Let's hide the majestic bastions". Times of Malta. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
3. Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003.

v t e French occupation of Malta
Background	French Revolution Decline of the Order of St John Mediterranean campaign of 1798 French invasion of Malta
Occupation	Reforms Commission of Government Journal de Malte
Siege of Malta	National Congress Battalions Battle of the Malta Convoy Action of 31 March 1800 La Nazione Gozitana
Fortifications	French Valletta (Saluting Battery) Floriana Lines (Porte des Bombes) Cottonera Lines Fort Manoel Fort Ricasoli Fort Tigné Maltese & British Capuchin Convent Battery Corradino Batteries Għargħar Battery Jesuit Hill Battery Marsa Battery Mdina Saint Julian's Tower and Battery Saint Lucian Entrenchment and Redoubt Saint Peter's Battery San Rocco Battery San Rocco Redoubt Sliema Batteries Ta' Għemmuna Battery Tal-Borg Battery Tas-Samra Battery Windmill Redoubt Żabbar Batteries and Redoubt Żejtun Batteries
Notable figures	French Napoleon Claude-Henri Belgrand de Vaubois Michel-Louis-Étienne Regnaud Jean de Bosredon de Ransijat Sylvain de Bosredon Louis Masson Maltese Emmanuele Vitale Francesco Saverio Caruana Vincenzo Borg Dun Mikiel Xerri Saverio Cassar British Horatio Nelson Alexander Ball Thomas Graham Henry Pigot Thomas Troubridge George Martin
Aftermath	Malta Protectorate Treaty of Paris

v t e Civil commissioners, governors and governors-general of Malta
Civil commissioners (1799–1813)	Ball Pigot Cameron Ball Oakes
Governors (1813–1964)	Maitland Rawdon-Hastings Ponsonby Bouverie Stuart More O'Ferrall Reid Le Marchant Storks Grant Straubenzee Borton Simmons Torrens Smyth Lyon Fremantle Grenfell Clarke Grant Rundle Methuen Plumer Congreve Du Cane Campbell Bonham-Carter Dobbie Gort Schreiber Douglas Creasy Laycock Grantham Dorman
Governors-general (1964–1974)	Dorman Mamo

• 1750 births
• 1840 deaths
• British Army generals
• Knights Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George
• Governors and governors-general of Malta
• British Army personnel of the French Revolutionary Wars