Hugh Pigot (Royal Navy officer, born 1769), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Royal Navy officer
Date of Birth: 05-Sep-1769
Place of Birth: Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom
Date of Death: 21-Sep-1797
Profession: naval officer
Zodiac Sign: Virgo 
About Hugh Pigot (Royal Navy officer, born 1769)
- Hugh Pigot (5 September 1769 – 21 September 1797) was an officer in the Royal Navy.
- Through his connections and their patronage, he was able to rise to the rank of captain, despite apparently poor leadership skills and a reputation for brutality.
- While he was captain of Hermione, he eventually provoked his men to mutiny.
- The mutiny, which became one of the bloodiest in the history of the Royal Navy, left Pigot and nine other officers dead.
- The Navy hunted down and executed a number of the mutineers and recaptured his ship from the Spanish, to whom the mutineers had turned it over.
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