Family and Education
b. 1796, o. s. of Dr. John Pigot, of Kilworth, co. Cork (d. 1819), and 2nd w. Margaret Nagle, of Kilworth, co. Cork. educ. priv. Mr. Downing, of Fermoy; Trinity College, Dublin, matric. 1814; BA 1819; MA 1832; LL.D (honoris causa) 1870; King’s Inns 1817; MT 1818; called [I] 1826. m. 9 May 1821, Catherine, o. da. of Walter Page, of Araglin Mills, co. Cork, 4s. 1da. d. 22 Dec. 1873.
Offices Held
PC [I] 1840.
Sol.-gen. [I] 11 Feb. 1839; att.-gen. [I] 14 Aug. 1840-Sept. 1841.
KC 1835; bencher of King’s Inns, 1839 (prof. law 1859); chief baron of exchequer [I] 1 Sept. 1846.
Visitor Maynooth College 1845; member senate Queen’s College, Ireland 1850; commr. national education [I] 1861 – d.
Member Royal Irish Academy 1845; Celtic Society 1847.
Main residence: Merrion Square East, Dublin, [I].
Volume
Commons 1832-1868
Clubs
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
No
Addresses
Religion