Piggott, George Bettesworth, 1867-1952

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Piggott, George Bettesworth, 1867-1952

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        1867-1952

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        PIGGOTT, SIR GEORGE BETTESWORTH, second son of Fraser Piggott, Fitz Hall, Iping, Sussex, employee Ecclesiastical Commissioners, and his first wife Fanny Margaret, only child of George Bush, The Priory, Clifton; b. 30 Apr 1867; adm. 23 Jan 1879 (H); left Dec 1883; adm. Middle Temple 3 Nov 1884, called to bar 13 Jun 1888; South-Eastern Circuit; Judicial Officer and Vice-Consul, Blantyre, British Central Africa 14 Aug 1896, Chief Judicial Officer 28 Oct 1898; acting Judge, Zanzibar 9 Aug 1900, Senior Judge 14 Aug 1901-3; President, Court of Appeal for East Africa, and Legal Member, Eastr Africa Protectorate Council 1903-4; Assistant Judge and acting Judge, Consular Court for Dominions of Sublime Ottoman Porte, Constantinople 20 Dec 1904-10; Chairman, Special Military Service Tribunal for London, and Deputy Chairman, House of Commons Section of Appeal Tribunal for London, during 1914-8 War; CBE 7 Jan 1918; KBE 1 Jan 1919; member London County Council (Municipal Reform) 1917-22; JP London 1918; m. 1st, 12 Jul 1904 Amy, younger dau. of Maj. Harvey Spiller, Brunswick Square, Hove, Sussex; m. 2nd, 15 Sep 1915 (divorced 1921) Nadine, widow of Edward Graves Brinkley, Fortland, co. Sligo, and younger dau. of Sir Reginald William Proctor-Beauchamp, Bart.; m. 3rd, 30 Nov 1927 Winifred Lathbury, dau. of Edward J. Dove, Riding Mill, Northumberland; m. 4th, 19 Jul 1947 Constance Louise, widow of Enrique Juan Penard-Fernandez (she had had two previous husbands), and dau. of Herbert E. Kennaird; d. 14 Mar 1952.

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        GB-2014-WSA-13951

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        International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition

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        Prepared for import into AtoM by Westminster School Archive staff, 2019-2020

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            Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.

            The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.

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