The Pigot Diamond, also sometimes called the Pigott Diamond, the Lottery Diamond, or the Great Lottery Diamond, was a large diamond that originated in...
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disposition of the Pigot Diamond and the origin of the Spoonmaker's Diamond are both unresolved. In any case, the recorded weight of the Pigot Diamond was just...
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in 1720. His two brothers were George Pigot, 1st Baron Pigot, Governor of Madras, India and Admiral Hugh Pigot, Commander-in-Chief of the West Indies...
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George Pigot, 1st Baron Pigot (4 March 1719 – 11 May 1777) was twice the British President of the British East India Company. Pigot was the eldest son...
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studios by the sculptor Eric Gill Pigot's Directory, a British directory first published in 1814 Pigot Diamond, a famous diamond The Piggott School, a Church...
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Diamonds occur naturally and vary in size, color, and quality, so the largest of a particular color may not be large in absolute terms, but may still be...
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Admiral of the White Hugh Pigot (28 May 1722 – 15 December 1792), of Wychwood Forest in Oxfordshire, was a Royal Navy officer. He commanded York at the...
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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...
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General Sir George Pigot, 3rd Baronet (1766–1840) was a British Army officer. The son of Lieutenant-General Sir Robert Pigot, 2nd Baronet he served in...
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Oldswinford), which appears in William the Conqueror's Domesday Book of 1086. Pigot and Co.'s National Commercial Directory for 1828-9 describes Stourbridge...
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