Francis Stanisby Connat-Pigott

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Francis Stainsby-Conant-Pigott was the Lieutenant-Governor of the Isle of Man from 23rd October 1860 until his sudden death in December 1862. His family home was in Hampshire England where he had previously been the MP for Reading for thirteen years.

The Pigott family were a very well-to-do and privileged family, deriving their lands and wealth from forbears who had been part of the invading forces of William the Conqueror. Being French, their name was then Picot, but became 'anglicised' in time.

The addition of "Stainsby" and "Conant" to Francis Pigott's name came during his lifetime as a result of a chain of wills/inheritances from other individuals who were close to the Pigott family and had no children/descendants.

A concise account of Francis Pigott's governorship of the Isle of Man can be read in "Governors of the Isle of Man since 1765" by Derek Winterbottom, Manx Heritage Foundation.