Octavius Frederick Pigot (1829 - 1908)

Born 26 Aug 1829 in St Helens, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Husband of Flora Charlotte Helena (Lindesay) Kenny — married 24 May 1893 in Putney, Surrey, England, United Kingdom

Died 17 Mar 1908 at age 78 in Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom

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Biography

Octavius was the youngest son of the Rev. Thomas Pigot, rector of Blymhill near Shifnall, Shropshire, and his wife Mary Anne née Kearsley; he was baptized by his father on 21 Sep. 1829.  His will was proved in Northampton on 26 May 1908.

Appointed licentiate in theology, Durham University.^[1] He later held the local curacies of Ashton-in-Makerfield; Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester; and of Haigh, near Wigan.^[2]

First marriage: ^[3]

Second marriage: ^[4]

Died 17 Mar 1908, Sharnbrook Bedforshire, England. ^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ "ECCLESIASTICAL." Morning Chronicle, 27 Sep. 1853.
   “ORDINATIONS – DEACONS - Octavius Frederick Pigot, licentiate in theology, of Durham University.”
2. ↑ "Ecclesiastical Intelligence", Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser, 10 Mar. 1892, p. 6.
   “The Rev. Octavius Frederick Pigot, for the last 24 years Chaplain of Kirkdale Prison, Liverpool, has been nominated to the Chaplaincy of her Majesty’s Prison, Wandsworth, London. Mr. Pigot has also held the local Curacies of Ashton-in-Makerfield; Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester; and of Haigh, near Wigan, besides acting as Chaplain to the late Lord Kingsdown.”
3. ↑ "England, Cumbria Parish Registers, 1538-1990", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HWLR-VXPZ : 3 February 2022), Octavius Frederick Pigot, 1856.
   Great Crosthwaite, Cumberland, England, United Kingdom
   Marriage: 29 Oct 1856; Octavius Frederick Pigot; Age: 27; Bachelor; Father: Thomas Pigot to Margaret Frank; Age: 24 Spinster: Father: John Frank
   Digital Folder Number: 007567661; Image Number: 00621
4. ↑ "Marriages", The Times, 25 May 1893, p. 1. The Times Digital Archive.
   “MARRIAGES – On the 24th inst., at S. Stephen’s Church, Wandsworth, by the Rev. W.F. Lindesay, B.A., Curate of the church and brother of the bride, assisted by the Rev. C. Carruthers, M.A., Vicar of the parish, the Rev. OCTAVIUS FREDERICK PIGOT, L.Th., Chaplain of H.M. Prison, Wandsworth, youngest son of the late Rev. Thomas Pigot, M.A., Rector of Blymhill, Staffordshire, to FLORA CHARLOTTE HELENA, third surviving daughter of the late FREDERICK LINDESAY, Esq., M.A., and J.P., of Loughry, Tullyhogue, county Tyrone, and 67, Mountjoy-square west, Dublin.”
5. ↑ https://probatesearch.service.gov.uk/#wills
   Probate 1908; PIGOT Octavius Frederick the reverend of Sharnbrook Bedfordshire clerk died 17 March 1908 Probate Northampton 26 May to Flora Charlotte Helena Pigot widow. Effects £67 11s. 10d.

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