Anthony Pigott

Sir Anthony Pigott
Born 1944 (age 71–72)
Allegiance United Kingdom United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
Years of service 1965–2003
Rank Lieutenant General
Commands held Staff College, Camberley
Battles/wars Iraq War
Awards Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath
Commander of the Order of the British Empire

Lieutenant-General Sir Anthony David Pigott, KCB, CBE (born 1944) is a former British Army officer. He presently serves as Independent Member of Steering Board at the Intellectual Property Office.

Military career

Pigott was commissioned into the Royal Engineers in 1965.[1] He was appointed Chief of Staff for the Allied Rapid Reaction Corps in 1992, Commandant of the Staff College, Camberley in 1994 and Director-General, Doctrine and Development in 1997.[2] From 2000 he served as Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff (Commitments) with responsibility for planning and executing the invasion of Afghanistan.[3] He retired in 2003.[2]

Later life

After retiring from the Armed Forces, Pigott took a position of Independent Member of Steering Board at the Intellectual Property Office.[4]

On 4 December 2009, Pigott gave evidence to The Iraq Inquiry.[5]

Family

In 1981 he married Felicity Ann Cooper.[6]

Sources and references

  1. ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 43576. p. 1675. 12 February 1965. Retrieved 3 September 2011.
  2. 1 2 Army Commands Archived 5 July 2015 at the Wayback Machine.
  3. ↑ Iraq war inquiry key witnesses: Lieutenant General Sir Anthony Pigott and Major General David Wilson, The Guardian
  4. ↑ Sir Anthony Pigott Archived 13 February 2011 at the Wayback Machine., Intellectual Property Office
  5. ↑ "'Defining moment' as US revealed Iraq plans". BBC News. BBC. 4 December 2009. Retrieved 28 January 2010.
  6. ↑ The Peerage.com
Military offices
Preceded by
Christopher Wallace		 Commandant of the Staff College, Camberley
1994–1996 		Succeeded by
College Disbanded
Preceded by
Sir John Day		 Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff (Commitments)
2000–2003 		Succeeded by
Sir Robert Fry
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